Also known as Reef 3802
Where: Eritrea (15.2° N, 40.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 40.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 125 +- 7 ka
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 80719: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 06.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda, Fungia fralinae, Fungia concinna, Fungia granulosa, Cycloseris cyclolites, Cycloseris costulata
"Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 stony coral
Fungia fralinae Nemenzo 1955 stony coral
Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral
Fungia granulosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Cycloseris cyclolites Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Cycloseris costulata Ortmann 1889 stony coral | |
Goniopora columna Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Diadema cf. setosum sea urchin | |
Echinometra mathaei Blainville 1825 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Tectus dentatus top snail | |
Cypraea pantherina Solander 1786 cowry | |
Bivalvia | |
Tridacna maxima Roeding 1798 cockle | |
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Spondylus spinosus Schreibers 1793 scallop |