Abdur Reef Limestone, 5e1, coral reef: Late Pleistocene, Eritrea
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Goniopora columna
Dana 1846
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Fungia granulosa
Klunzinger 1879
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Fungia concinna
Verrill 1864
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Fungia fralinae
Nemenzo 1955
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Cycloseris costulata
(Ortmann 1889)
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Cycloseris cyclolites
(Lamarck 1801)
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Fungia repanda
Dana 1846
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tridacna maxima
(Roeding 1798)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula plicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus spinosus
Schreibers 1793
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Tectus dentatus
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea pantherina
Solander 1786
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Echinoidea
- Diadematoida
- Diadematidae
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Diadema cf. setosum
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Echinoidea
- Camarodonta
- Echinometridae
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Echinometra mathaei
(Blainville 1825)
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Geography
| Country: | Eritrea |
| Coordinates: | 15.2° North, 40.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.2° North, 40.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 125 ± 7 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 125 +- 7 ka | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: a reef that formed a shallow to mid-depths in a sedimented, sheltered environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3802 | ||
| Database number: | 80719 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Girndt |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-05-06 03:14:28 | Last modified: | 2010-03-23 06:55:20 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-05-06 03:14:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27142. | J. H. Bruggemann, R. T. Buffler, M. M. M. Guillaume, R. C. Walter, R. Cosel, B. N. Ghebretensae, and S. M. Berhe. 2004. Stratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and model for the deposition of the Abdur Reef Limestone: context for an important archaeological site from the last interglacial on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 203(3):179-206 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt] |