Gumaio, loc. 2 (Oligocene of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (11.2° N, 51.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 46.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hafun Group, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; 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 123809: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
? Anisocoenia quadriseriata n. sp. Azzaroli 1958 stony coral