Station 15, Ash Shaykh Humayd (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as Reef 4261

Where: Saudi Arabia (28.1° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 34.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• MIS5e

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; carbonate

• coral reef terraces

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Taviani, P. Montagna, N. M. A. Rasul, L. Angeletti, and W. Bosworth. 2019. Pleistocene Coral Reef Terraces on the Saudi Arabian Side of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198563: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Circe sp. Schumacher 1817 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae sp. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Conomurex fasciatus" = Strombus (Conomurex)
"Conomurex fasciatus" = Strombus (Conomurex) conch
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Tetraclitidae
Tetraclita sp. Schumacher 1817 barnacle
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
"Clypeasteridae indet." = Clypeasterina
"Clypeasteridae indet." = Clypeasterina Agassiz 1872 sand dollar
 Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Heterocentrotus sp. Brandt 1835 sea urchin