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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Stylophora pistillata" = Stylophora pistillata, "Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata, "Seriatopora angulata" = Seriatopora hystrix, "Pocillopora caespitosa" = Pocillopora damicornis, "Pocillopora favosa" = Pocillopora damicornis
"Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
"Seriatopora angulata" = Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
"Pocillopora favosa" = Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
"Acropora haimei" = Acropora yongei, Acropora hemprichii, "Acropora eminens" = Acropora nobilis, "Acropora corymbosa" = Acropora lamarcki, "Acropora variabilis" = Acropora valida, Acropora pharaonis, Montipora sp., Montipora gortanii n. sp.
"Acropora haimei" = Acropora yongei Veron and Wallace 1984 stony coral
Acropora hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 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
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora gortanii n. sp. Montanaro Gallitelli 1973 stony coral | |
Orbicella annularis, "Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina, "Maeandra daedalea" = Platygyra daedalea, "Goniastrea favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia savignyi" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Leptoria gracilis" = Leptoria phrygia, Echinopora lamellosa, Hydnophora microconos, Cyphastrea longissima, Cyphastrea serailia, Goniastrea retiformis, "Goniastrea seychellensis" = Goniastrea australensis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
"Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Maeandra daedalea" = Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Goniastrea favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia savignyi" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Leptoria gracilis" = Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea longissima stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Goniastrea seychellensis" = Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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"Fungia subrepanda" = Danafungia scruposa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
"Fungia plana" = Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral | |
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Pavona varians Verrill 1864 stony coral | |
"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 | |