Where: Jordan (29.4° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 35.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• terrace 1: < 1 m above sea level; about 6500 years old (Friedman 1968)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. A. Al-Rifaiy and O. H. Cherif. 1988. The Fossil Coral Reefs of Al-Aqaba, Jordan. Facies 18(1):219-230 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97661: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
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Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
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Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus Wood 1828 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Tellimya cf. ferruginosa Montague 1808 clam | |
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Asaphis deflorata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa cockle | |
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel | |
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Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
| Anthozoa | |
Platygyra daedalea, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, Leptoria phrygia, Echinopora lamellosa, Favites abdita
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Leptastrea bottae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |