Also known as Reef 2193
Where: Egypt (25.5° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 24.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: "Abu Tartur" Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• Danian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: F. Schuster. 1996. Paleocene coral reefs and related facies associations, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Global and Regional Controls on Biogenic Sedimentation. I. Reef Evolution. Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Paläontologie SB2:169-174 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34684: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Astrocoenia kurkurensis stony coral
Astrocoenia spongilla Oppenheim 1901 stony coral | |
"Astrocoenia aff. decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla
"Astrocoenia aff. decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla Michelin 1846 stony coral | |
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Dimorphastrea irradians Reuss 1868 stony coral | |
Pachygyra savii d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral | |
Manicina hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 |