Where: Egypt (26.2° N, 34.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 34.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• oxygen isotope stage 7, 250-170 ka
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. S. El-Sorogy. 2008. Contributions to the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Red Sea coast, Egypt. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 26:63-85 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 120129: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.11.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Magilus antiquus Montfort 1810 murex snail | |
Turbo (Batillus) radiatus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata Reeve 1850 venus clam | |
Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaedropus scallop | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775 fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Platygyra daedalea, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Leptoria phrygia, Favites flexuosa, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea pectinata
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral |