Where: Somalia (11.0° N, 51.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 48.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ghibirti Formation (Hafún Group), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Ghibirti Fm [enterers usage] of the Hafún Series [group?] of Early Miocene, and presumably regionally overlies the Tavo Fm [enterers usage] (Late Oligocene) and is overlain by the Naag Fm [enterers usage] (Early Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene, equivalent to Aquitanian and lower Gaj according to author on the basis of larger formaniferal and molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Facca & Marchesini in 1938-1939
• COLLECTOR: Collected by G. Facca and E. Marchesini, 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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78953: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris Da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Arca (Barbatia) sp." = Barbatia
"Arca (Barbatia) sp." = Barbatia Gray 1842 clam | |
Ostrea subangulata d'Orbigny 1852 oyster | |
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis, Exogyra miotaurinensis
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
Exogyra miotaurinensis Sacco 1897 oyster | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Amussium destefanii, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria, Spondylus ornatissimus
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Amussium destefanii Ugolini 1903 scallop
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
Spondylus ornatissimus Böhm 1927 scallop | |
"Kuphus cf. polythalamius" = Kuphus polythalamia
"Kuphus cf. polythalamius" = Kuphus polythalamia Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Venus papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
"Venus papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
"Pleurotoma sp." = Turris
"Pleurotoma sp." = Turris Röding 1798 turrid | |
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail | |
Foraminifera | |