Ain Amur, dendroid coral facies, Egypt (Paleocene of Egypt)

Also known as Reef 3251

Where: Egypt (25.7° N, 29.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 24.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Garra? Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone

• Dendroid coral facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. Schuster. 1996. Paleocene coral reefs and related facies associations, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Global and Regional Controls on Biogenic Sedimentation. I. Reef Evolution. Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Paläontologie SB2:169-174 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34686: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora barkii, Cladocora jamaicaensis
Cladocora barkii Duncan 1880 stony coral
from reid of "dendroid coral facies"
Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina sp.
Oculina sp. Gray 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia sp.
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis vaughani
Madracis vaughani Wells 1941 stony coral
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835