Where: Egypt (26.2° N, 34.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 34.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• oxygen isotope stage 7, 250-170 ka
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. S. El-Sorogy. 2008. Contributions to the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Red Sea coast, Egypt. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 26:63-85 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 120129: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.11.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo (Batillus) radiatus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Magilus antiquus Montfort 1810 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaedropus scallop | |
Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata Reeve 1850 venus clam
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Leptoria phrygia, Platygyra daedalea, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea pectinata, Favites flexuosa
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral | |
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775 fire coral |