PBDB Collection

Pleistocene Reef, Red Sea, coral rock (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as Reef 3805

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: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

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

• bafflestones are surrounded by grainstones and packstones

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 80956: 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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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora pistillata Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral frequent
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites lutea Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Favites abdita, Favites flexuosa, Favites complanata, Platygyra daedalea, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral rare Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral rare Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral very rare Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral rare Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral rare "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral common "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral rare "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral rare