Zabargad Island, ("Old Reef Limestone"), Egypt - Bonatti et al. (1983): Early/Lower Pleistocene, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Herocentrotus mammillatus
Tawadros 2001
    = Heterocentrotus mammilatus
Kiessling 2003
misspelled genus
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tawadros 2001
Mispelt?: Torchus=Trochus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tawadros 2001
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gibberulus Linnaeus 1758
Tawadros 2001
recombined as Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tawadros 2001
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Casmaria cf. ponderosa Gmelin 1791
Tawadros 2001
Mispelt: Gasmaria=Casmaria
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Tawadros 2001
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810
Tawadros 2001
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. penguin Röding 1798
Tawadros 2001
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. lacerata (Linnaeus 1758)
Tawadros 2001
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Tawadros 2001
Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus 1758)
Tawadros 2001
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Tawadros 2001
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Tawadros 2001
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801
Tawadros 2001
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Tawadros 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 23.6° North, 36.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.5° North, 36.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:"Old Reef Limestone"
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Consists of a 20-40 m (66-131 ft) thick fossiliferous biocalcarenites and reef limestones which are recrystalized and tectonized to various degrees. They occur up to 80 m above sea level. They change from black lagonal, calcareous sands near the base, into fossiliferous reef flat and reef edge limestones near the top. They directly overlie peridotites of the igneous basement. Collection is from limestones
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified calcareous grainstone
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fossiliferous biocalcarenites and reef limestones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Reef flat and reef edge.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: No detailed collection data reported.
Taxonomic list comments:Collection based on taxa listed in text as typical of formation. Includes mollusca, echinoidea and corals.
Metadata
Also known as:"Old Reef Limestone", Zabargad Island
Database number:42121
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-23 22:07:50 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2005-07-23 22:07:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11383. E. Bonatti, R. Clocchiatti, P. Colantoni, R. Gelmini, G. Marinelli, G. Ottonello, R. Santacroce, M. Taviani, A.A. Abdel-Meguid, H.S. Assaf, and M.A. El Tahir. 1983. Zabargad (St. John's) Island: an uplifted fragment of sub-Red Sea lithosphere. Journal of the Geological Society 140(4):677-690 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/J. Millet]

Secondary references:

9159 W. Kiessling. 2003. Personal data. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
11199 E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]