Berbera-Sheikh area: Thanetian, Somalia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Cycloseris striata Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Parasmiliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
    = Cladocora barkii Duncan 1880
Baron-Szabo 2006
Cladocora rosicensis Oppenheim 1912
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Pachygyra savii d'Achiardi 1866
Stratogyra savii
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Dendracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Acropora tergestina Oppenheim 1901
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia immersa Fritsch 1878
see common names

Geography
Country:Somalia
Coordinates: 10.3° North, 45.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° South, 43.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Thanetian
Age range of interval: 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Auradu Limestone Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Corals from two horizons: SK 57 and SK 64.
Age given as Thanetian-Ypresian. Lower Member is probably Thanetian in age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified wackestone
Secondary lithology: lithified bafflestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Well-bedded wackestone, intercalated with fossiliferous packstones. Local bafflestne textures. No biogenic framework.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Corals and foraminifers
Taxonomic list comments:Corals only
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3367
Database number:45854
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-12-10 02:33:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-12-10 02:33:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
12203. F. Carbone, R. Matteucci, J. S. Pignatti and A. Russo. 1993. Facies analysis and biostratigraphy of the Auradu Limestone Formation in the Berbera-Sheikh area, northwestern Somalia. Geologica Romana 29:213-235 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

17708 R. Baron-Szabo. 2006. Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(1):1-108 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]