Wadi Gawasis, lower terrace (Pleistocene of Egypt)
Also known as Reef 4081
Where: Egypt (26.6° N, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 34.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: L. R. Casazza. 2012. Symbiosis in the Fossil Record: Eocene Nummulites and Pleistocene Reefs of Egypt. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176437: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
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Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
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Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
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Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Platygyra daedalea, Echinopora lamellosa, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Leptastrea bottae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
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Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
| Florideophyceae | |
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Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986 | |