Eil, loc. 83 (Oligocene of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (8.0° N, 49.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 45.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tavo Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123805: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea plana stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favites insignis" = Goniastrea insignis, "Leptoria concentrica" = Platygyra concentrica, Hydnophora affinis
"Favites insignis" = Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Leptoria concentrica" = Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Hydnophora affinis Sismonda 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
? Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites minuta Reuss 1868 stony coral
Goniopora micrantha Reuss 1869 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea grayi Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Conotrochus sp. Seguenza 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral