List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Somalia










Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Somalia
Guban Group
Hafún Group
Carcar Group
Auradu Formation
Tisje Formation
Gawan Limestone
Earlier Jurassic formations







This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Somalia.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Guban Group | Dubar Formation | Middle Miocene | [1] |
Early Miocene | |||
Hafún Group | Gargorre Formation | Middle Miocene | [2][3] |
Ghibirti Formation | Early Miocene | [4] | |
Tavo Formation | Late Oligocene | [5] | |
Gheldeis Formation | Early Oligocene | [6] | |
Gianti Formation | [7] | ||
Buran Group | Late Eocene | [8] | |
Carcar Group | Karkar Formation | [9][10] | |
Lutetian | |||
Daban Group | Daban Formation | [11][12] | |
Auradu Formation | Ypresian | [13] | |
Paleocene | |||
Maastrichtian | |||
Tisje Formation | late Campanian | [14] | |
Gawan Limestone | Tithonian | [15] | |
Meragalleh Limestone | Kimmeridgian | [16][17] | |
Daghani Shale | [18] | ||
Wanderer Limestone | early Kimmeridgian | [19] | |
Daua Limestone | late Oxfordian | [20] | |
Gahodleh Shale | Oxfordian | [21] | |
Juba Limestone | [22] | ||
Sa Wer Formation | [23] | ||
Callovian | |||
Bihen or Bihin Limestone | Oxfordian | [24][25] | |
Callovian | |||
Bajocian | |||
Bathonian | |||
Uanei Formation | early Toarcian | [26] |
See also
References
- ^ Dubar Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Hafún Group in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Gargorre Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Ghibirti Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Tavo Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Gheldeis Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Gianti Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Buran Group in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Carcar Group in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Karkar Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Daban Group in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Daban Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Auradu Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Tisje Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Gawan Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Meragalleh Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Mergalleh Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Daghani Shale in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Wanderer Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Daua Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Gahodleh Shale in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Juba Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sa Wer Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Bihen Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Bihin Limestone in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Uanei Formation in the Paleobiology Database