Station 16, backreef, Gulf of Aqaba (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (29.2° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 34.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• MIS5e

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; carbonate

• backreef, reef-flat and edge, fore-reef

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 198576: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 19.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Trapezium oblongum
Trapezium oblongum Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp.
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pinctada margaritifera
Pinctada margaritifera Linnaeus 1758 pearl oyster
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Tectus dentatus
Tectus dentatus top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis sp.
Rhinoclavis sp. Swainson 1840 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombidae indet.
Strombidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Mammilla sp.
Mammilla sp. Schumacher 1817 moon snail