Dubino, Berbera area (Oligocene of Somalia)

Also known as Reef 2130

Where: Somalia (10.2° N, 45.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 40.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. H. Latham. 1929. Jurassic and Kainozoic corals from Somaliland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 56:273-290 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71062: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.04.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora africana n. sp., Stylophora conferta
Stylophora africana n. sp. Latham 1929 stony coral
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites farquharsoni n. sp., Porites multilamellata
Porites farquharsoni n. sp. stony coral
Porites multilamellata Gregory 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella irradians" = Montastrea irradians
"Orbicella irradians" = Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia somaliensis, Favia africana n. sp.
Favia somaliensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia africana n. sp. Latham 1929 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Columastrea" gregoryi
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Circophyllia achiardii, Circophyllia farquharsoni n. sp.
Circophyllia farquharsoni n. sp. Latham 1929 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
"Orbicella farquharsoni n. sp." = Heliastrea farquharsoni
"Orbicella farquharsoni n. sp." = Heliastrea farquharsoni Latham 1929 stony coral