Illig, loc. 93: Middle Miocene, Somalia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites leptoclada
Reuss 1871
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Dendracis bifaria
Gregory 1930
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Heliastrea reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Geography
| Country: | Somalia |
| Coordinates: | 7.8° North, 49.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.4° North, 48.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gargorre | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Gargorre or Naag Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
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: | 123803 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-30 22:01:49 | Last modified: | 2012-01-30 05:01:49 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-01-30 22:01:49 |
| 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] |