Wadi Gfafa locality, upper reef unit, lower terrace: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus maximus Sowerby 1825
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris pectunculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara uropigimelana (Bory 1824)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Circe rugifera (Lamarck 1818)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Porites columnaris Klunzinger 1879
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia corymbosa (Forskal 1775)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora pharaonis (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 27.2° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.2° North, 35.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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: "limestone"
Lithology description: gravel lenses and cobbles of basement origin within and among coral colonies
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:201472
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-05-08 05:12:18 Last modified:2019-05-08 05:12:18
Access level:authorizer only Released:2019-08-08 05:12:17
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]