Khor Eit, Sudan: Middle Miocene, Sudan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Favites neglecta
(Michelotti 1868)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Geography
| Country: | Sudan |
| Coordinates: | 20.3° North, 37.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.1° North, 37.4° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Abu Imama |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Only corals described | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 976 | ||
| Database number: | 56772 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-24 06:28:49 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-24 06:28:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15302. | J. H. Schroeder. 1985. Sparry calcite cements in Miocene corals from Khor Eit (N.E. Sudan). Proceedings 5th International Coral Reef Symposium Tahiti 3:283-288 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |