Kisimayo (Pleistocene of Somalia)

Also known as Reef 3964

Where: Somalia (0.3° S, 42.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° S, 42.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Carbone and G. Accordi. 2000. The Indian Ocean coast of Somalia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 41:141-159 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89243: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral