Abu Ghusun, Egypt (Miocene to of Egypt)

Also known as Reef 680

Where: Egypt (24.4° N, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 34.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Langhian to lower Serravallian. Also older?

• 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 50928: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea
"Thegioastraea sp." = Diploastrea Matthai 1914 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
columnar
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel