Loc. 95, bed F' - Dubar Fm (Miocene of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (11.2° N, 49.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 47.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dubar Formation (Guban Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• calcare coralligeno

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: G. Facca, G. Merla, 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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123804: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Dendracis bifaria Gregory 1930 stony coral
Astreopora hemisphaerica Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites multilamellata Gregory 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea cf. parvistella Dana 1846 stony coral