Also known as Reef 685
Where: Egypt (27.3° N, 33.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 32.6° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rudeis Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Langhian to lower Serravallian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Perrin. 2000. Changes of palaeozonation patterns within Miocene coral reefs, Gebel Abu Shaar, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Lethaia 33:253-268 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34873: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
Mussismilia sp. Ortmann 1890 stony coral
Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Aquitanophyllia sp. stony coral | |
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Tarbellastraea cf. ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
"Montastrea mellahica" = Montastraea, "Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea mellahica" = Montastraea stony coral
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Celleporidae indet. Busk 1852 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel | |
Cerastoderma sp. Mörch 1853 cockle | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail | |
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell | |
Foraminifera | |
Homotrematidae indet. Cushman 1927 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Nubeculariidae indet. Jones 1875 | |
Globothalamea | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Acetabularia sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897 | |
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943 | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 |