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

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Parasmiliidae
"Tubicora somaliensis n. gen. n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri
"Tubicora somaliensis n. gen. n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Trochoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia gregoryi Latham 1929 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Astrocoenia ramosa" = Actinastrea ramosa
"Astrocoenia ramosa" = Actinastrea ramosa Sowerby 1832 stony coral