Wadi Asal-Wadi Zug El Bohar, Egypt: Langhian - Serravallian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840
Lithodomus sp. Cuvier 1817
synonym of Lithophaga
Botula sp. Mörch 1853
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance 1826)
Favites neglecta (Michelotti 1868)
var. minor
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Aquitanophyllia grandistellae Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. collegniana Michelin 1842
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora regulata Chevalier 1961
recombined as Seriatopora regulata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea mellahica
original and current combination Montastraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Thegioastraea multisepta (Sismonda 1871)
recombined as Diploastrea multisepta
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 26.0° North, 34.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.2° North, 33.4° 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. Also older?
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 681
Database number:50925
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-24 10:02:47 Last modified:2005-05-24 13:02:48
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-24 10:02:46
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]