Ras Gunz (Pleistocene of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (25.1° N, 61.9° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 61.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. J. A. Siddiqui, A. Ali, K. Bromfield, P. Iqbal, and N. Shoaib. 2011. Identification of fossil corals inhabiting an uplifted area of Ras Gunz near Jiwani, Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 43(3):523-537 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107990: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora cf. caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
"Favia lizardensis" = Dipsastraea lizardensis Veron and Pichon 1977 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites cf. acuticollis Ortmann 1889 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Goniastrea cf. retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia ? truncatus stony coral
Favia "sp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia "sp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia "sp. 4" Oken 1815 stony coral