Wadi Ambagi reefs, Egypt: Langhian - Serravallian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Lithophyllia gigas
Chevalier 1961
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1950
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Favites profunda
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes sp.
Swainson 1840
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dairidae
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Daira sp.
De Haan 1833
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 26.1° North, 34.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.3° North, 33.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Langhian - Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rudeis | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Langhian to lower Serravallian. Date likely from lower Serravallian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | lithified rudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3398 | ||
| Database number: | 50923 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-24 09:48:30 | Last modified: | 2005-05-24 12:48:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-24 09:48:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13590. | C. Perrin, J.-C. Plaziat, and B. R. Rosen. 1998. Miocene coral reefs and reef corals of the south-western Gulf of Suez and north-western Red Sea: distribution, diversity and regional environmental controls. Sedimentation and tectonics of rift basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden 296-319 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |