Eil, loc. 84: Late Oligocene, Somalia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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? Dendrophyllia sp.
Blainville 1830
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites minuta
Reuss 1868
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Porites multilamellata
Gregory 1925
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Stylocoenia taurinensis
(Michelin 1842)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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Heliastrea plana
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Geography
| Country: | Somalia |
| Coordinates: | 8.0° North, 49.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.2° North, 45.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82 - 23.03 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tavo |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123801 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-30 21:05:59 | Last modified: | 2012-01-30 04:05:59 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-01-30 21:05:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26500. | A. Azzaroli. 1958. L'Oligocene e il Miocene della Somalia. Stratigrafia, Tettonica, Paleontologia (Macroforaminferi, Coralli, Molluschi). Palaeontolographia Italica 52:1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |