Al-Aqaba, Terrace 5, A (Pleistocene of Jordan)
Also known as Reef 3813
Where: Jordan (29.3° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 34.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• 238 000 years
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone
• lagoon
• Detrital limestone rich in pelecypods. It also yields some broken dendritic corals.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. A. Al-Rifaiy and O. H. Cherif. 1988. The Fossil Coral Reefs of Al-Aqaba, Jordan. Facies 18(1):219-230 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82749: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 01.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster scutiformis sand dollar | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turbo (Calopoma) fluctuosus" = Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus
"Turbo (Calopoma) fluctuosus" = Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus Wood 1828 snail | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa cockle | |
Asaphis deflorata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster |