Dirindir, loc. 76 (Oligocene of Somalia)

Where: Nugaal, Somalia (8.1° N, 49.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° N, 45.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Oligocene-Miocene?

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

• coral 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 123799: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
? Astrocoenia miocenica
? Astrocoenia miocenica Zuffardi-Comerci 1937 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea ? farquharsoni
Heliastrea ? farquharsoni Latham 1929 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Heliastrea anomala" = Tarbellastraea anomala
"Heliastrea anomala" = Tarbellastraea anomala Michelotti 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
? Siderastrea propitia
? Siderastrea propitia Zuffardi-Comerci 1937 stony coral