Also known as Reef 3988

Where: Iran (26.5° N, 54.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 54.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• 252-213 (MIS 7) and 148-100 ka (MIS 5) (ESR and Th/U dated). Two horizons with same corals

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Primary reference: P. A. Pirazzoli, J. L. Reyss, M. Fontugne, A. Haghipour, A. Hilgers, H. U. Kasper, H. Nazari, F. Preusser, and U. Radtke. 2004. Quaternary coral-reef terraces from Kish and Qeshm Islands, Persian Gulf: new radiometric ages and tectonic implications. Quaternary International 120:15-27 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89571: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.06.2009, edited by Mihaela Krause

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