Where: Egypt (25.3° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 34.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Shagra Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• thickness of Shagra Formation: 46 m (Wadi Shagra), 20 m Wadi Wizr), 31 m (Wadi Samadai); Lithophaga avitensis-Pecten acuticostatus zone in the lower-middle part, Clypeaster reticulatus-Laganum depressum zone in the upper part
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Kora and Z. Abdel-Fattah. 2000. Pliocene and Plio-Pleistocene macrofauna from the Red Sea coastal plain (Egypt): biostratigraphy and biogeography. Geologica et Palaeontologica 34:219-235 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96759: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Echinopora gemmacea, Goniastrea retiformis, Favites complanata, Platygyra daedalea, Cyphastrea serailia
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Turbinaria mesenterina Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga avitensis mussel | |
"Lopha (Lopha) virleti" = Hyotissa virleti
"Lopha (Lopha) virleti" = Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Alectryonella plicatula Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
"Chlamys pallium" = Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
Pecten (Pecten) vasseli Fuchs 1878 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) acuticostatus scallop | |
Cardium suezensis cockle | |
Venus plicata venus clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Laganum depressum Agassiz 1841 sand dollar | |
Clypeaster kamaranense sand dollar
Clypeaster reticulatus Linnaeus 1758 sand dollar | |
Brissus carinatus heart urchin | |
Heterocentrotus trigonarius sea urchin |