Loc. 36, Biyo Gora section: Ypresian, Somalia
collected by Macfadyen & Hunt 1933
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Somalia |
| Coordinates: | 10.4° North, 45.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.1° South, 43.6° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Auradu | Member: | Allahkajid | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Allahkajid beds of the Auradu series. AGE: upper Ypresian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 2528-2632 m in section; 367-371 m above base of Eocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified wackestone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology (Wackestone based on regional lithology in Carbone et al. 1993). LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Low-energy inner ramp, according to Carbone et al. (1993) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Macfadyen & Hunt | Collection dates: | 1933 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W. A. Macfadyen and J. A, Hunt (1933). REPOSITORY: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to nautiloids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 81765 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-15 12:16:08 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-15 12:16:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27514. | O. Haas and A. K. Miller. 1952. Eocene Nautiloids of British Somaliland. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99(5):319-354 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |