Geba Geba, northern Somalia (Eocene of Somalia)
Also known as Reef 2129
Where: Somalia (9.8° N, 46.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 38.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 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 71063: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.04.2007
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
"Tubicora somaliensis n. gen. n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri
"Tubicora somaliensis n. gen. n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Trochoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia somaliensis stony coral
Astrocoenia gregoryi Latham 1929 stony coral | |
"Astrocoenia ramosa" = Actinastrea ramosa
"Astrocoenia ramosa" = Actinastrea ramosa Sowerby 1832 stony coral |