Serpent Point (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

Where: Djibouti (11.6° N, 43.2° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 43.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-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: E. Montanaro Gallitelli. 1973. Ricerche eseguite negli anni 1941-1942 sopra i Coralli delle scogliere emerse di Massaua e Gibuti [Research done between 1941 and 1942 on emersed coral reefs of Massawa and Djibouti]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini (1936-1938) 4(2):446-519 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102228: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2011, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., Montipora gortanii n. sp., "Acropora variabilis" = Acropora valida, Acropora hemprichii, "Acropora haimei" = Acropora yongei, "Acropora eminens" = Acropora nobilis, "Acropora corymbosa" = Acropora lamarcki, Acropora pharaonis
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora gortanii n. sp. Montanaro Gallitelli 1973 stony coral
"Acropora variabilis" = Acropora valida Dana 1846 stony coral
subsp. microcalix
Acropora hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Acropora haimei" = Acropora yongei Veron and Wallace 1984 stony coral
"Acropora eminens" = Acropora nobilis Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora corymbosa" = Acropora lamarcki Veron 2000 stony coral
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
"Stylophora pistillata" = Stylophora pistillata, "Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata, "Pocillopora caespitosa" = Pocillopora damicornis, "Pocillopora favosa" = Pocillopora damicornis, "Seriatopora angulata" = Seriatopora hystrix
"Stylophora pistillata" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
and subsp. prostrata
"Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
"Pocillopora caespitosa" = Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
subsp. bulbosa
"Pocillopora favosa" = Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Seriatopora angulata" = Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona varians Verrill 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia fungites, "Fungia plana" = Fungia concinna, "Fungia subrepanda" = Danafungia scruposa
Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
subsp. discus and dentatopapillosa
"Fungia plana" = Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral
"Fungia subrepanda" = Danafungia scruposa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Goniastrea favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia savignyi" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Maeandra daedalea" = Platygyra daedalea, "Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina, Cyphastrea longissima, Cyphastrea serailia, Hydnophora microconos, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, "Goniastrea seychellensis" = Goniastrea australensis, Echinopora lamellosa, Orbicella annularis, "Leptoria gracilis" = Leptoria phrygia
"Goniastrea favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia savignyi" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
subsp. denticulata
"Maeandra daedalea" = Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
"Goniastrea seychellensis" = Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
"Leptoria gracilis" = Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia cristata stony coral
and subsp. distans
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
and n. subsp. costulata
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
"Leptastrea bottae" = Leptastrea bottae, "Leptastrea immersa" = Leptastrea bottae
"Leptastrea bottae" = Leptastrea bottae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
"Leptastrea immersa" = Leptastrea bottae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral