Biyo Gora: Lutetian, Somalia
collected by W. A. Macfadyen, J. A. Hunt 1928 - 1930
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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= Podocnemis somaliensis n. sp.
Walker 1966
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unclassified
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Nummulitidae
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Geography
| Country: | Somalia |
| Coordinates: | 10.3° North, 45.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.0° South, 43.7° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Daban | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Nautilus beds; Daban series (Domning et al 2010) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. A. Macfadyen, J. A. Hunt | Collection dates: | 1928 - 1930 |
| Collection method comments: JA: all material is apparently in the Sedgwick Museum; collection info is from Walker 1966 | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:JA: collections 49873, 51582, 81761 appear to be identical because (for example) Podocnemis somaliensis is said to be from "Lower half of the Nautilus Beds" at the "Bijo Gora River" (like 49873 and 81761, which have the same coordinate) and from the "Lower Daban Series... some 25 km. ESE of Berbera" (like 51582, which has a guesstimated coordinate); the only possible difference is that P. somaliensis has a slightly different reported coordinate of 10º22' N, 45º14' E | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bijo Gora River, Berbera 25 km SE of | ||
| Database number: | 49873 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-29 07:29:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-29 07:29:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13399. | W. A. Macfayden. 1952. Note on the geology of the Daban Area and the localities of the described nautiloids. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99:347-349 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 13722 | R. J. G. Savage and B. S. Tewari. 1977. A new sirenian from Kutch, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 20:216-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 27628 | C. A. Walker. 1966. Podocnemis somaliensis, a new pleurodiran turtle from the Middle Eocene of Somalia. Palaeontology 9(3):511-516 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |