Where: Egypt (30.2° N, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 31.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gharra Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; calcareous limestone
•upper unit-> dominated by calcareous red algae, the corals are at the base of this second unit as scattered, isolated colonies (80 cm long, only 1.2-4 cm thick)
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Schuster. 2002. Early Miocene corals and associated sediments of the northwestern Gulf of Suez,Egypt. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 239:57-81 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79595: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 14.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Solenastrea turonensis" = Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis
"Solenastrea turonensis" = Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis Michelin 1847 stony coral | |
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Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
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