Rabigh: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster (Paraster) legraini
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissopsis fraasi
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Planaxidae
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Planaxis sulcatus
Born 1780
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium nodulosum
Bruguière 1792
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Cerithium caeruleum
Sowerby 1855
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Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata
(Bruguiere 1792)
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Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi
(Philippi 1848)
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Nodilittorina (Nodilittorina) natalensis
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Gastropoda
- Barleeiidae
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Caelatura (Grandidieria) burtoni
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Lampusia) aquatile
(Reeve 1844)
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea clandestina
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Palmadusta clandestina | ||||||||||
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Cypraea annulus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Monetaria annulus | ||||||||||
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Cypraea styphylaea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Staphylaea (Staphylaea) staphylaea | ||||||||||
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Cypraea grayana
(Schilder 1930)
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| recombined as Mauritia grayana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus townsendi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Volema nodosa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Volvarina eumorpha
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus virgineus
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Thais (Mancinella) alouina
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra nebulosa
Sowerby 1825
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Conus (Parvatus) sharmiensis
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Conus textile
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Conus virgo
Linnaeus 1758
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Conus (Punctinculuis) arenatus
Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus tricornis
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Strombus fasciatus
Born 1778
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Strombus (Canarium) erythrinus
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Canarium (Gibberulus) gibbosus
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Strombus mutabilis
Swainson 1821
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Tectus (Cardinalia) virgatus
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Tectus dendatus
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Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Monodonta nebulosa
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo radiatus
Gmelin 1791
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Turbo (Batillus) radiatus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora ruppelli
Sowerby 1834
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis pustulata
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita longii
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Nerita textilies
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Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Nerita albicilla
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella (Patella) vulgata
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama pacifica
Broderip 1834
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Circe (Parmulophora) corrugata
(Dilwyn 1817)
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Cicrce (Circe) scripta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gafrarium pectinatum
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Asaphis violascens
Forsskål 1775
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Fragum (Fragum) fragum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Cardium fragum | ||||||||||
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Tridacna squamosa
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| recombined as Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia exasperata
Reeve 1854
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Septifer bilocularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus
(Krauss 1848)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys senatoria
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus gaederopus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Laevigyra sp.
Malchus 1990
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia decussata
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Anadara antiquata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Anadara (Anadara) antiquata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris pectunculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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Hydrozoa
- Milleporina
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Millepora dichotoma
Forskal 1775
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Euphylliidae
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Galaxea fascicularis
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora pistillata
(Esper 1797)
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Pocillopora damicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Pocillopora verrucosa
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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Acropora pharaonis
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Platygyra daedalea
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Favia speciosa
(Dana 1846)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea speciosa | ||||||||||
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Favia pallida
(Dana 1846)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea pallida | ||||||||||
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Favia laxa
(Klunzinger 1879)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea laxa | ||||||||||
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Echinopora fruticulosa
Klunzinger 1879
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Favites flexuosa
(Dana 1846)
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Goniastrea retiformis
(Lamarck 1816)
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Goniastrea pectinata
(Ehrenberg 1834)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia sp.
Oken 1815
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites solida
(Forskal 1775)
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Porites lutea
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Fungia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Fungia fungites
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 22.8° North, 38.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.8° North, 38.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: 2 terraces with sandy bioclastic grainstone in the lower part and colonial corals in the upper part | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
| Geology comments: reef dominated shell concentrations | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 107972 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-20 00:08:12 | Last modified: | 2011-04-19 10:08:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-20 00:08:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35876. | M. H. Mandurah. 2010. Paleontological studies on the Neogene (Miocene and Quaternary) carbonate rocks of Rabigh-Ubhur areas, Red Sea coast, Saudia Arabia. Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Earth Sciences 21(2):105-143 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 54136 | A. El-Sorogy, M. Youssef, M. Al-Sabrouty and N. Al-Otaiby. 2013. Facies pattern and molluscan fauna of the Late Pleistocene raised coral reef of Rabigh area, Red Sea coast, Saudi Arabia. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |