Also known as Loc. 12
Where: Somalia (10.8° N, 51.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 48.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ghibirti Formation (Hafún Group), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Ghibirti Fm [enterers usage] of the Hafún Series [group?] of Early Miocene, and presumably regionally overlies the Tavo Fm [enterers usage] (Late Oligocene) and is overlain by the Naag Fm [enterers usage] (Early Miocene). THICKNESS: Difficult to ascertain, but a bed of not great thickness. AGE: Early Miocene, equivalent to Aquitanian and lower Gaj according to author on the basis of larger formaniferal and molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Bed C, near middle of section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Facca & Marchesini in 1938-1939
• COLLECTOR: Collected by G. Facca and E. Marchesini, 1938-1939. REPOSITORY: Museo dell' Istituto Geologico dell' Universitá di Firenze.
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78900: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Asterosmilia sp. Duncan 1867 stony coral | |
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral | |
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Stylophora rugosa d'Archiac 1848 stony coral
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia tuberosa Catullo 1857 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
"Sigaretus sp." = Sinum, Natica sp.
"Sigaretus sp." = Sinum Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
"Kuphus cf. polythalamius" = Kuphus polythalamia
"Kuphus cf. polythalamius" = Kuphus polythalamia Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Corbula tunisulcata clam | |
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam |