Where: Djibouti (12.0° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 43.4° 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 and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96793: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Codakia tigerina, "Codakia (Jagonia) divergens" = Ctena (Ctena) divergens
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Codakia (Jagonia) divergens" = Ctena (Ctena) divergens Philippi 1850 clam | |
Tellina (Arcopagia) remies Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina (Tellinella) rugosa Born 1780 tellin clam | |
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista, "Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta" = Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata, Circe (Crista) pectinata
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista venus clam
"Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta" = Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
Circe (Crista) pectinata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochus (Tectus) dentatus Forskal 1775 top snail | |
Cerithium erythraeonense, "Cerithium (Vertagus) fasciatum" = Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata, "Cerithium (Vertagus) vertagus" = Rhinoclavis
Cerithium erythraeonense Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vertagus) fasciatum" = Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata Bruguiere 1792 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vertagus) vertagus" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Mitra bovei mitre shell | |
Nassa pullus true whelk | |
"Ancillaria cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea
"Ancillaria cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail | |
"Pleurotoma garnonsii" = Turris
"Pleurotoma garnonsii" = Turris turrid | |
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis, "Conus (Chelyconus) catus" = Conus catus
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell
"Conus (Chelyconus) catus" = Conus catus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell | |
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch |