List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Djibouti
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Djibouti.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units[]
Locality | Age (Ma) | Period | Fossils | Notes |
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ETE 1306 Annabokoma, Anabo Koma |
1.6-0.3 (Suids) 1.9-0.9 (Chekheyti) |
Mid-Late Pleistocene | Palaeoloxodon recki, Hippopotamus cf. gorgops, Heterobranchus sp. | [1] |
ETE 1311 E-Gobaad |
1.8-1.2 | Middle Pleistocene | Palaeoloxodon recki, Crocuta aff. crocuta, , , Hippopotamus cf. gorgops, Hystrix cf. cristata, Aepyceros sp., Beatragus sp., Connochaetes sp., Hippotragus sp., Kobus sp., Redunca sp., Antilopinae sp., Giraffidae indet., Suidae indet., Crocodylus niloticus, Geochelone sp. | [2] |
ETE 1309 S-W Assal |
2.34-0.8 | Early-Late Pleistocene | , Metridiochoerus andrewsi, Metridiochoerus cf. hopwoodi, Palaeoloxodon recki, Sivatherium maurusium, , Hippopotamus cf. amphibius, Kobus cf. kob, , Pelorovis cf. oldowayensis, Aepyceros sp., Ceratotherium sp., Damaliscus sp., Syncerus sp. | [3] |
See also[]
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- Geology of Djibouti
References[]
Further reading[]
- L. de Bonis, D. Geraads, J. Jaeger and S. Sen. 1988. Vertebres du Pleistocene de Djibouti. Bulletin Society Geol. France IV(2):323-334
- H. Thomas and Y. Coppens. 1984. Discovery of Fossil Vertebrates in the Lower Pleistocene of the Republic of Djibouti. Correspondant de Academie, Feb1984
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- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Africa
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