Loc. 18 - Gheldeis Fm: Early/Lower Oligocene, Somalia
collected by Facca & Marchesini 1938-1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nummulitidae
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Nummulites intermedius
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Clypeaster aff. biarritzensis
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissopsis sp.
Agassiz 1840
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Eupatagus rostratus
d'Archiac 1850
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris sp.
Leske 1778
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea longirostris
Lamarck 1806
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synonym of Ostrea roncana | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinacididae
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Actinacis cf. delicata
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Heliastrea irradians
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
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recombined as Montastrea irradians | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Somalia |
Coordinates: | 10.4° North, 51.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 7.5° North, 46.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Hafún | Formation: | Gheldeis | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gheldeis Fm [enterers usage] of the Hafún Series [group?], and presumably regionally overlies Late Eocene strata and is overlain by the Gianti Fm [enterers usage] (Early Oligocene). AGE: Early Oligocene, equivalent to Stampien and middle Nari according to author on the basis of larger formaniferal and molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably limestone like adjacent sections. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimens from adjacent beds. | |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow subtidal carbonate environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | Facca & Marchesini | Collection dates: | 1938-1939 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Collected by G. Facca and E. Marchesini, 1938-1939. REPOSITORY: Museo dell' Istituto Geologico dell' Universitá di Firenze. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but limited to characteristic gastropoda, bivalvia, foraminifera, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 78952 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-02-19 22:14:08 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-02-19 22:14:08 |
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] |