Loyada: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Djibouti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Cardites) rufa
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula modesta Hinds 1843
synonym of Corbula (Anisocorbula) taheitensis
Corbula acutangula Issel 1869
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama asperella Lamarck 1819
Chama imbricata Lamarck 1801
synonym of Chama macerophylla
Chama brassica Reeve 1847
Chama lazarus Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix (Callista) florida
original and current combination Callista
Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta (Lamarck 1818)
synonym of Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata
Dosinia pubescens
Dosinia sculpta (Hanley 1845)
Tivela ponderosa
Circe (Crista) pectinata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Ervillia purpurea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra lilacea Lamarck 1818
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trachycardium) subrugosum Sowerby 1839
recombined as Vasticardium subrugosum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus aculeatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca navicularis Bruguière 1789
Arca (Anadara) scapha
original and current combination Anadara
Arca (Cunearca) rhombea Born 1778
recombined as Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea
Arca (Barbatia) nivea
original and current combination Barbatia
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Arca (Scapharca) natalensis Baily 1855
recombined as Nordenskjoldia natalensis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Chrysame) pellisserpentis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Chelyconus) catus (Hwass in Bruguiére 1792)
original and current combination Conus catus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra cf. cingulifera
Terebra nimbosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Chicoreus) angulifer
original and current combination Chicoreus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva inflata
Oliva sanguinolenta
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rostellaria curvirostris
synonym of Tibia
Strombus (Monodactylus) tricornis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Mamma) mamilla (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Natica (Natica) mamilla
see common names

Geography
Country:Djibouti
Coordinates: 11.5° North, 43.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.4° North, 43.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: calcareous sandstone
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:96785
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-01 02:13:20 Last modified:2010-07-01 05:13:20
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-01 02:13:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33020. 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]