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El Afweyn District, Sanaag, Somaliland, Somaliai
Regional Level Types
El Afweyn DistrictDistrict
SanaagRegion
SomalilandDisputed Territory
SomaliaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
469348
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:469348:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
El Afweyn, Sanaag, Somaliland, Somalie
Simplified Chinese:
埃拉夫文区, 薩那格州, 索马里兰, 索马里
Arabic:
الأفوين, سناج, صوماليلاند, الصومال
Dutch:
El Afweyn District, Sanaag, Somaliland, Somalië
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان الافوین, سناج , سومالی‌لند, سومالی
Japanese:
エル・アフウェイン地区, サナーグ州, ソマリランド, ソマリア
Sinhalese:
එල් ඇෆ්වේන් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, සෝමාලිලෑන්ඩ්
Urdu:
الافوین, سناج, صومالی لینڈ
Zulu:
El Afweyn District


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Fossils

There are 5 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences5
Youngest Fossil Listed41.3 Ma (Eocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed56.0 Ma (Paleocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Karkar137.2 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene)
Auradu - Auradu Limestone256 - 47.8 Ma (Eocene)
Auradu256 - 47.8 Ma (Eocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cimomia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Cimomia karkarensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Cimomia karkarensis47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Cimomia pusilla
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Cimomia pusilla56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Cimomia septemcastrensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Cimomia septemcastrensis56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 4 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Afweyn_District
Wikidata ID:Q5350698


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