PBDB Collection

Pleistocene Reef, Red Sea, microatolls (Pliocene to of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (27.7° N, 35.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.3° N, 35.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• 205.000-340.000 years

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone

• Framestones dominate and monospecific microatolls with flat tops exhibit intense bioerosion

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W.-C. Dullo. 1990. Facies, Fossil Record, and Age of Pleistocene Reefs from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia). Facies 22:1-46 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80954: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 23.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Miniacinna sp. Miniacinna sp. common
Foraminifera
Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae	Homotrema sp. Homotrema sp. common
Globothalamea
Loftusiida - Acervulinidae	Acervulina inhaerens Acervulina inhaerens common
Echinoidea
Diadematoida - Diadematidae	Diadema sp. Diadema sp. sea urchin
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora pistilllata Stylophora pistilllata stony coral common
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora humilis Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Lobophyllia corymbosa Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Platygyra daedalea, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, Leptoria phrygia, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea serailia, Favites abdita, Favites acuticollis, Favites pentagona, "Favia rotundata" = Favites rotundata, Favites complanata, Favites flexuosa, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea pectinata, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral frequent "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral very rare "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral common "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral frequent "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral frequent Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral common Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral common Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Favites acuticollis Ortmann 1889 stony coral very rare Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral rare "Favia rotundata" = Favites rotundata Veron and Pichon 1977 stony coral rare Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral frequent Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral frequent Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral common Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral common "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites lutea Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia concinna, Fungia granulosa, Fungia scutaria, "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral rare Fungia granulosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral common Fungia scutaria Lamarck 1801 stony coral very rare "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pachyseris speciosa Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea purpurea Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral rare