Fagal-Obock-Tadjoura-Sarrey: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Djibouti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pistillata (Esper 1797)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites cf. virens (Dana 1846)
synonym of Favites abdita
Favia cf. pallida (Dana 1846)
recombined as Dipsastraea pallida
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797
see common names

Geography
Country:Djibouti
Coordinates: 12.1° North, 43.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.1° North, 43.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:130 to 118 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 130-118 ka (Th/U)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3968
Database number:89257
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-05-13 02:59:26 Last modified:2010-03-22 05:29:59
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-05-13 02:59:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29944. H. Faure, C. T. Hoang, and C. Lalou. 1980. Datations 230Th/234U des calcaires coralliens et mouvements verticaux a Djibouti [230Th/234U dating of coral limestones and vertical uplift at Djibouti]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 22(6):959-962 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]