Also known as Reef 3398
Where: Egypt (26.1° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 33.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rudeis Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Langhian to lower Serravallian. Date likely from lower Serravallian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified rudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Perrin, J.-C. Plaziat, and B. R. Rosen. 1998. Miocene coral reefs and reef corals of the south-western Gulf of Suez and north-western Red Sea: distribution, diversity and regional environmental controls. Sedimentation and tectonics of rift basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden 296-319 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50923: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Favites profunda stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Lithophyllia gigas Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Malacostraca | |
Daira sp. De Haan 1833 crab |