Eastern side of Sharm Obhur, north of Jeddah City, white limestone unit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphisteginidae
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Amphistegina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Calcarinidae
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Neorotalia calcar
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Terebralia palustris
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium atratum
(Born 1778)
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Rhinoclavis fasciata
Bruguière 1792
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Monoplex aquatilis
(Reeve 1844)
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Erronea caurica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Erosaria nebrites
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pollia fumosa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Volema pyrum
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Sycostoma bulbus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Euplica scripta
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus virgineus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra consobrina
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sumatrensis
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Conus arenatus
Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Gibberulus albus
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| spelled with current rank as Strombus (Gibberulus) | |||||||
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Tricornis tricornis
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| spelled with current rank as Strombus (Tricornis) | |||||||
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Conomurex fasciatus
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| original and current combination Strombus (Conomurex) | |||||||
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Lambis lambis
Linnaeus 1758
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Canarium erythrinum
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Tibia insulaechorab
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Tectus dentatus
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Tectus virgatus
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Clanculus pharaonius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonius | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo radiatus
Gmelin 1791
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| recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tridacna sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Faviidae indet.
Gregory 1900
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Geography
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 21.7° North, 39.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.7° North, 39.1° 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white "limestone" |
| Lithology description: white limestone | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 192719 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-04-17 03:02:09 | Last modified: | 2018-04-17 03:02:09 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2018-10-17 03:02:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65397. | R. -H. Abu-Zied and R. A. Bantan. 2018. Late Pleistocene gastropods from the raised reefal limestone of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: taxonomic and palaeoenvironmental implications. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 92:65-86 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |