PBDB Collection

Pleistocene Reef, Red Sea, reef crest (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 framestone

• branched framebuilders

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 80962: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 24.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Hydrozoa
Milleporina -	Millepora dichotoma Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775 fire coral common
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora pharaonis, Acropora humilis Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral common Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Seriatopora hystrix, Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora damicornis Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral very rare Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral common Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pavona cactus, Pavona minuta Pavona cactus Forskal 1775 stony coral rare Pavona minuta Wells 1954 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora planulata, Porites columnaris, Porites lutea, Porites solida Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral rare Porites columnaris Klunzinger 1879 stony coral common Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral common Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia scutaria, Fungia granulosa, Fungia concinna, "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Fungia scutaria Lamarck 1801 stony coral rare Fungia granulosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral rare Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral rare "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	Galaxea fascicularis Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Favites complanata, Favites pentagona, Favites flexuosa, Favites abdita, Platygyra daedalea, Echinopora gemmacea, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral rare Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral very rare Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral rare Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral common Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral common "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral common "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral very rare "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral common Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral common Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral rare "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea purpurea Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Plerogyridae	Plerogyra sinuosa Plerogyra sinuosa Dana 1846 bubble coral very rare
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Lobophyllia corymbosa, Echinophyllia aspera, Acanthastrea echinata Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral common Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral very rare Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Globothalamea
Loftusiida - Acervulinidae	Acervulina inhaerens Acervulina inhaerens common