Station 26, Al Maqnah, Gulf of Aqaba (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (28.4° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° N, 34.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• MIS5e

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; carbonate

• flat-topped coral terrace

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 198585: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp.
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp., Favites sp.
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp.
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral