PBDB Collection

Massawa (Pleistocene of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (15.6° N, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 39.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Montanaro Gallitelli. 1973. Ricerche eseguite negli anni 1941-1942 sopra i Coralli delle scogliere emerse di Massaua e Gibuti [Research done between 1941 and 1942 on emersed coral reefs of Massawa and Djibouti]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini (1936-1938) 4(2):446-519 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93827: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.02.2010, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	Euphyllia cristata Euphyllia cristata stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora pistillata Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora hemprichii, "Acropora massawensis" = Acropora polystoma, Acropora pharaonis, "Siderastrea galaxea" = Astreopora listeri Acropora hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral "Acropora massawensis" = Acropora polystoma Brook 1891 stony coral Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral and subsp. marenzelleri "Siderastrea galaxea" = Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896 stony coral
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Lobophyllia corymbosa, "Symphyllia margariticola" = Cynarina lacrymalis, "Fungia erythraea" = Symphyllia erythraea, Echinophyllia aspera, Acanthastrea echinata Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral "Symphyllia margariticola" = Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral "Fungia erythraea" = Symphyllia erythraea Klunzinger 1879 stony coral Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Orbicella annularis, "Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia cavernosa" = Dipsastraea favus, "Echinopora carduus" = Echinopora gemmacea, Cyphastrea longissima, "Favites virens" = Favites abdita, "Orbicella annuligera" = Astrea annuligera, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea pectinata, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral "Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral subsp. subdentata, triangularis "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral "Favia cavernosa" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral "Echinopora carduus" = Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral Cyphastrea longissima stony coral "Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral "Orbicella annuligera" = Astrea annuligera Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora planulata, "Goniastrea solida" = Porites solida, "Porites solida" = Porites solida, Porites lobata Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral "Goniastrea solida" = Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral "Porites solida" = Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia zuffardiae, "Fungia fungites" = Fungia fungites, "Fungia patella" = Fungia fungites, "Fungia concinna" = Fungia concinna, "Fungia plana" = Fungia concinna, Fungia klunzingeri, Fungia laevis, Fungia uniformis n. sp., Fungia valida, Fungia proechinata, "Fungia cyclolites" = Cycloseris cyclolites, "Fungia costulata" = Cycloseris costulata, "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Fungia zuffardiae stony coral "Fungia fungites" = Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral and subsp. haimei, agariciformis, dentata "Fungia patella" = Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral "Fungia concinna" = Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral "Fungia plana" = Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral Fungia klunzingeri Doederlein 1901 stony coral Fungia laevis Goldfuss 1826 stony coral Fungia uniformis n. sp. Montanaro Gallitelli 1973 stony coral Fungia valida Verrill 1864 stony coral Fungia proechinata Doederlein 1901 stony coral "Fungia cyclolites" = Cycloseris cyclolites Lamarck 1801 stony coral "Fungia costulata" = Cycloseris costulata Ortmann 1889 stony coral "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pachyseris speciosa, Leptoseris floriformis, Cyathoseris cf. crassilamellata Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral Leptoseris floriformis Gerth 1923 stony coral Cyathoseris cf. crassilamellata Gerth 1923 stony coral
Scleractinia - Trachyphylliidae	"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta "Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	"Orbicella minikoiensis" = Diploastrea heliopora "Orbicella minikoiensis" = Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Alcyonacea -	Tubipora musica Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758