Wadi Gfafa locality, lower reef unit, lower terrace: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pocillopra damicornus
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Echinoidea
- Camarodonta
- Echinometridae
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Heterocentrotus sp.
Brandt 1835
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Clanculus pharaonius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonius | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Lunella coronata
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella flexuosa
Quoy 1834
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita textilis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Alectryonella plicatula
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara antiquata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Anadara (Anadara) antiquata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris pectunculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tridacna sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama aspersa
Reeve 1846
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Circe rugifera
(Lamarck 1818)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Anodontia edentula
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita sp.
Bruguière 1792
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora pistillata
(Esper 1797)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites lutea
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Euphylliidae
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Galaxea fasicularis
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Favites pentagona
(Esper 1794)
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Favia pallida
(Dana 1846)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea pallida | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° North, 35.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° North, 35.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | framestone |
| Secondary lithology: | bindstone |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3805 | ||
| Database number: | 201412 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-05-07 07:36:36 | Last modified: | 2019-05-08 05:23:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2019-08-07 07:36:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68932. | A. Y. Kahal, A. S. El‐Sorogy, H. J. Alfaifi, S. Almadani, and O. M. Kassem. 2019. Biofacies and diagenetic alterations of the Pleistocene coral reefs, northwest Red Sea coast, Saudi Arabia. Geological Journal [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |