Massawa (Pleistocene of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (15.6° N, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 39.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Montanaro Gallitelli. 1973. Ricerche eseguite negli anni 1941-1942 sopra i Coralli delle scogliere emerse di Massaua e Gibuti [Research done between 1941 and 1942 on emersed coral reefs of Massawa and Djibouti]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini (1936-1938) 4(2):446-519 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93827: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.02.2010, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Alcyonacea -
Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758
 Scleractinia - Trachyphylliidae
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Symphyllia margariticola" = Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Fungia erythraea" = Symphyllia erythraea Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Siderastrea galaxea" = Astreopora listeri, Acropora hemprichii, "Acropora massawensis" = Acropora polystoma, Acropora pharaonis
"Siderastrea galaxea" = Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896 stony coral
Acropora hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Acropora massawensis" = Acropora polystoma Brook 1891 stony coral
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
and subsp. marenzelleri
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Goniastrea solida" = Porites solida, "Porites solida" = Porites solida, Porites lobata, Goniopora planulata
"Goniastrea solida" = Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Porites solida" = Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyathoseris cf. crassilamellata Gerth 1923 stony coral
Leptoseris floriformis Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia zuffardiae, Fungia valida, Fungia laevis, Fungia proechinata, "Fungia fungites" = Fungia fungites, "Fungia patella" = Fungia fungites, Fungia uniformis n. sp., "Fungia concinna" = Fungia concinna, "Fungia plana" = Fungia concinna, Fungia klunzingeri, "Fungia costulata" = Cycloseris costulata, "Fungia cyclolites" = Cycloseris cyclolites, "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda
Fungia zuffardiae stony coral
Fungia valida Verrill 1864 stony coral
Fungia laevis Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Fungia proechinata Doederlein 1901 stony coral
"Fungia fungites" = Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
and subsp. haimei, agariciformis, dentata
"Fungia patella" = Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Fungia uniformis n. sp. Montanaro Gallitelli 1973 stony coral
"Fungia concinna" = Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral
"Fungia plana" = Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral
Fungia klunzingeri Doederlein 1901 stony coral
"Fungia costulata" = Cycloseris costulata Ortmann 1889 stony coral
"Fungia cyclolites" = Cycloseris cyclolites Lamarck 1801 stony coral
"Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Orbicella annuligera" = Astrea annuligera, "Favia cavernosa" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favites virens" = Favites abdita, "Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina, Cyphastrea longissima, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, "Echinopora carduus" = Echinopora gemmacea, Orbicella annularis
"Orbicella annuligera" = Astrea annuligera Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
"Favia cavernosa" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Maeandra lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
subsp. subdentata, triangularis
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
"Echinopora carduus" = Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
"Orbicella minikoiensis" = Diploastrea heliopora
"Orbicella minikoiensis" = Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia cristata stony coral