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Biyo Gora,

Lat/Long (Decimal)10.3333,45.2167
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CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
"Nautilus beds", Biyo Gora section Haas O., Miller A. K. (1952)DabanSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the lower Daban series. AGE: Lutetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Undifferentiated beds from 1945-2010 m in section; 279-344 m above top of Anhydrite Series.not reported47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Biyo GoraMacfayden W. A. (1952)DabanNautilus beds; Daban series (Domning et al 2010)not reported47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Loc. 25, Biyo Gora sectionHaas O., Miller A. K. (1952)DabanSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the lower Daban series. AGE: Lutetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 1945-1952 m in section; 279-344 m above top of Anhydrite Series."limestone"47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Loc. 26, Biyo Gora sectionHaas O., Miller A. K. (1952)DabanSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the lower Daban series. AGE: Lutetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From a 1m thick sandstone, just above the middle of the Nautilus beds in the lower Daban series, 1975-1976 m in section; 279-344 m above top of Anhydrite Series.sandstone47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Loc. 27, Biyo Gora sectionHaas O., Miller A. K. (1952)DabanSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the lower Daban series. AGE: Lutetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 1978-1980 m in section; 279-344 m above top of Anhydrite Series.sandstone47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Loc. 28, Biyo Gora sectionHaas O., Miller A. K. (1952)DabanSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the lower Daban series. AGE: Lutetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 1988-1989 m in section; 279-344 m above top of Anhydrite Series.not reported47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Loc. 30, Biyo Gora sectionHaas O., Miller A. K. (1952)DabanSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the lower Daban series. AGE: Lutetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Undifferentiated beds from 1945-2010 m in section; 279-344 m above top of Anhydrite Series.not reported47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Mammalia
class
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Sirenia
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Bothremydidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Cimomia hunti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Cimomia hunti47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Cimomia macfadyeni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Cimomia macfadyeni47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Cimomia wylliei
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Cimomia wylliei47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Deltoidonautilus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Deltoidonautilus47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Deltoidonautilus biyogorensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Deltoidonautilus : Deltoidonautilus biyogorensis47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Deltoidonautilus somaliensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Deltoidonautilus : Deltoidonautilus somaliensis47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Deltoidonautilus spathi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Deltoidonautilus : Deltoidonautilus spathi47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Eutrephoceras sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eutrephoceras47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Nummulites sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nummulitidae : Nummulites47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

References

Macfayden W. A. (1952) Note on the geology of the Daban Area and the localities of the described nautiloids, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99, 347-349
Haas O., Miller A. K. (1952) Eocene Nautiloids of British Somaliland, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99 5, 319-354
Walker C. A. (1966) Podocnemis somaliensis, a new pleurodiran turtle from the Middle Eocene of Somalia, Palaeontology 9 3, 511-516
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