Khor Anghar: Late Pleistocene, Djibouti
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys (Alicula) cylindrica
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus (Infundibulum) erythraeus
Brocchi 1823
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides (Terebralia) palustris
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium (Colina) pingue
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Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum
(Sowerby 1855)
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Cerithium (Thericium) scabridum
Philippi 1848
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Mitrularia equestris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus
(Lamarck 1810)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Canarium) floridus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena paradisiaca
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella (Mitrella) azora
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Columbella pelotina
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassa cf. arcularia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus rubiginosus
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Nassa cf. coronata
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Nassa pullus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Marginella (Gibberula) monilis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Pionoconus) cf. erythraeensis
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Conus (Leptoconus) generalis
Linnaeus 1767
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ellobiidae
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Cassidula aff. sulculosa
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula plicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama cf. aspersa
Reeve 1846
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Cryptomya semistriata
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia tigerina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Lucina edentula
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita variegata
Bruguière 1792
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Geography
| Country: | Djibouti |
| Coordinates: | 12.4° North, 43.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.4° North, 43.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 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: | 96791 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-07-01 02:53:06 | Last modified: | 2010-07-01 05:53:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-01 02:53:06 |
| 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] |