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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea "sp. 1" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Montipora "sp. 1" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora "sp. 2" Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |