Also known as Reef 3988
Where: Iran (26.5° N, 54.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• 252-213 (MIS 7) and 148-100 ka (MIS 5) (ESR and Th/U dated). Two horizons with same corals
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: Z. K. Mossadegh, J. Parker, E. Gischler, W. Oschmann, D. Blakeway and A. Eisenhauer. 2013. Palaeoecology of well-preserved coral communities in a siliciclastic environment from the Late Pleistocene (MIS 7), Kish Island, Persian Gulf (Iran): the development of low-relief reef frameworks (biostromes) in increasingly restricted environments. International Journal of Earth Sciences (102)545-570 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 164152: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Psammobiidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Tellina palatam, "Tellina scobinata" = Scutarcopagia scobinata
Tellina palatam Iredale 1929 tellin clam
"Tellina scobinata" = Scutarcopagia scobinata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Laevicardium (cf. Laevicardium) papyraceum, Tridacna sp., Trachycardium (cf. Trachycardium) rugosum, Trachycardium lacunosum
Laevicardium (cf. Laevicardium) papyraceum Bruguière 1792 cockle
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
Trachycardium (cf. Trachycardium) rugosum Lamarck 1819 cockle
Trachycardium lacunosum Reeve 1845 cockle | |
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama pacifica Broderip 1834 jewel box | |
Marcia sp. Adams and A 1857 venus clam
Gafrarium (cf. Gafrarium) divaricatum Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Lioconcha ornata Dillwyn 1817 venus clam | |
Codakia interrupta clam
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Lithophaga cumingiana mussel | |
Pinctada sp. Ršding 1798 pearl oyster
Pinctada margaritifera Linnaeus 1758 pearl oyster
"Pinctada radiata" = Pinctada imbricata Röding 1798 pearl oyster
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
Alectryonella plicatula Lamarck 1801 oyster
Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Placuna sp. Lightfoot 1786 scallop | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Annachlamys sp. Iredale 1939 scallop
Chlamys (cf. Chlamys) ruschenbergerii Tryon 1870 scallop | |
Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Scapharca sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral |