Where: Somalia (8.4° N, 48.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 42.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Karkar Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. AGE: Middle to Late Eocene on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy, but presumably from the Late Eocene part of the formation. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Presumably a checklist for the entire formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on survey of literature. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: G. Piccoli and E. Savazzi. 1983. Five shallow benthic mollusc faunas from the Upper Eocene (Baron, Priabona, Garoowe, Nanggulan, Takashima). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 22(1-2):31-47 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78566: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Velates pervesus snail | |
Rhinoclavis angystoma cerith snail
Cerithium tchihatcheffi cerith snail | |
"Cassis aegyptiaca" = Galeodea aegyptiaca, Cassis nilotica
"Cassis aegyptiaca" = Galeodea aegyptiaca Oppenheim 1906 snail
Cassis nilotica snail | |
"Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans
"Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans Brongniart 1823 carrier shell | |
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828 cowry | |
Volutilithes mokattamensis volute | |
Heligmotoma niloticum snail | |
"Conus brevis" = Conus (Lithoconus) brevis
"Conus brevis" = Conus (Lithoconus) brevis Sowerby 1840 cone shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula subovata nut clam | |
Eburneopecten moelehensis, Chlamys subdiscors, Chlamys hopkinsi, Spondylus cf. granosus, Spondylus aegyptiacus
Eburneopecten moelehensis scallop
Chlamys subdiscors scallop
Chlamys hopkinsi scallop
Spondylus cf. granosus scallop
Spondylus aegyptiacus scallop | |
Arca uniformis ark | |
Saxolucina metableta, "Lucina" cf. sesostridis, "Lucina" nokbaensis, "Lucina" thebaica, "Lucina" immanis, "Lucina" mokattamensis, "Pegophysema pharaonis" = Anodontia (Pegophysema), Pseudomiltha aff. mutabilis
Saxolucina metableta clam
"Lucina" nokbaensis clam
"Lucina" thebaica clam
"Lucina" immanis clam
"Pegophysema pharaonis" = Anodontia (Pegophysema) clam | |
Corbula exarata clam | |
Meretrix cf. transversa venus clam | |
Chama cf. brimonti jewel box | |
Tellina "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Cardita cf. newtoni clam |