Mogadishu coast (Pleistocene of Somalia)

Also known as Reef 3963

Where: Somalia (2.1° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° N, 45.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 131-105 ka (unpublished Th/U dating)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• well developed fringing reef

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Carbone and G. Accordi. 2000. The Indian Ocean coast of Somalia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 41:141-159 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89242: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp.
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral