Also known as Reef 3367
Where: Somalia (10.3° N, 45.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 6.9° S, 43.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Auradu Limestone Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Corals from two horizons: SK 57 and SK 64.
•Age given as Thanetian-Ypresian. Lower Member is probably Thanetian in age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone and lithified bafflestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical,
• Corals and foraminifers
Primary reference: F. Carbone, R. Matteucci, J. S. Pignatti and A. Russo. 1993. Facies analysis and biostratigraphy of the Auradu Limestone Formation in the Berbera-Sheikh area, northwestern Somalia. Geologica Romana 29:213-235 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45854: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 10.12.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Acropora tergestina Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
Dendracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
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Astrocoenia gregoryi Latham 1929 stony coral
Astrocoenia immersa Fritsch 1878 stony coral
Stephanocoenia tricoronata Gregory 1930 stony coral
Stylocoenia ranikoti Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
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Cycloseris striata Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
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Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899 stony coral | |
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Paracyathus cf. altus Gregory 1930 stony coral | |
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Tubicora aylmeri Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
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Cladocora rosicensis Oppenheim 1912 stony coral
"Cereiphyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868 stony coral
Cladocora barkii Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
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