Wadi Quseir El-Kadium, lower unit (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (26.2° N, 34.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 34.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• oxygen isotope stage 5

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. S. El-Sorogy. 2008. Contributions to the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Red Sea coast, Egypt. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 26:63-85 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120128: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.11.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra daedalea, Favites flexuosa, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora pharaonis
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora verrucosa, Stylophora pistillata
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites solida, Porites lutea
Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora dichotoma
Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775 fire coral
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Echinometra mathaei
Echinometra mathaei Blainville 1825 sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo (Batillus) radiatus
Turbo (Batillus) radiatus Gmelin 1791 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinia radiata" = Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata, Periglypta reticulata
"Dosinia radiata" = Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata Reeve 1850 venus clam
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus gaederopus, Spondylus (Spondylus) gaedropus
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop