Eil, loc. 83: Late Oligocene, Somalia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora micrantha (Reuss 1869)
Porites minuta Reuss 1868
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea grayi Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Conotrochus sp. Seguenza 1864
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea plana
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora affinis Sismonda 1871
Favites insignis (Duncan 1880)
Leptoria concentrica Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
? Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819
see common names

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:123805
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-30 23:16:03 Last modified:2012-01-30 06:16:03
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-01-30 23:16:03
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]