Abdur Reef Limestone, 5e1, soft-sediment subunit (Pleistocene of Eritrea)

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: shallow subtidal; limestone

• probably a sandy environment in shallow to moderately deep water

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 80718: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 06.05.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus fasciatus Born 1778 conch
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Saccostrea sp. Dolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Circe rufigera venus clam
Callista florida Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina remies Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Maretia planulata Lamarck 1816 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster humilis Leske 1778 sand dollar