South Wadi Ambagi-Wadi El Aswad reefs, Egypt (Miocene to of Egypt)

Also known as Reef 3398

Where: Egypt (26.1° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 33.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rudeis Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Langhian to lower Serravallian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Perrin, J.-C. Plaziat, and B. R. Rosen. 1998. Miocene coral reefs and reef corals of the south-western Gulf of Suez and north-western Red Sea: distribution, diversity and regional environmental controls. Sedimentation and tectonics of rift basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden 296-319 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50924: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea mellahica" = Montastraea
"Montastrea mellahica" = Montastraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea Matthai 1914 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites neglecta var. minor
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral