Where: Djibouti (12.7° N, 43.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.7° N, 43.1° 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 96795: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail | |
"Cerithium (Pithocerithium) petrosum" = Clypeomorus petrosum
"Cerithium (Pithocerithium) petrosum" = Clypeomorus petrosum Wood 1828 cerith snail | |
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus, "Cypraea (Arabica) arabica" = Mauritia arabica
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Cypraea (Arabica) arabica" = Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Mitra (Strigatella) chrysostoma mitre shell | |
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell | |
Strombus (Monodactylus) tricornis, "Strombus (Gallinula) deformis" = Strombus (Labiostrombus), "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Gallinula) deformis" = Strombus (Labiostrombus) conch
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus candidus Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
"Arca (Barbatia) nivea" = Barbatia
"Arca (Barbatia) nivea" = Barbatia clam | |
Tellina (Tellinella) rugosa Born 1780 tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) remies Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam |