Where: Djibouti (12.0° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 43.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96794: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Arca navicularis Bruguière 1789 ark | |
"Pectunculus arabicus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus arabicus" = Glycymeris clam | |
Sunetta effossa venus clam | |
Chama reflexa Reeve 1846 jewel box | |
Donax veneriformis Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerita (Pila) undata Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Nassa pullus true whelk | |
Drillia baynhami snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail |