Zabargad Island, ("Old Reef Limestone"), Egypt - Bonatti et al. (1983) (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as "Old Reef Limestone", Zabargad Island

Where: Egypt (23.6° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 36.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: "Old Reef Limestone" Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• 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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous grainstone and limestone

• Reef flat and reef edge.
• Fossiliferous biocalcarenites and reef limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: No detailed collection data reported.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 42121: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Collection based on taxa listed in text as typical of formation. Includes mollusca, echinoidea and corals.
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.2 Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.2 Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.2 Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp.2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Mispelt?: Torchus=Trochus
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus2
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus2 Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Casmaria cf. ponderosa2 Gmelin 1791 snail
Mispelt: Gasmaria=Casmaria
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. lacerata2 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet.2 Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. penguin2 Röding 1798 pearl oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.2 Röding 1798 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.2 Fleming 1828 clam
Codakia tigerina2 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinometridae