PBDB Collection

Pleistocene Reef, Red Sea, reef slope (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as Reef 3805

Where: Saudi Arabia (27.7° N, 35.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.3° N, 35.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone and rudstone

• weakly sorted bioclastic rudstones occur between autochthonous framebuilders

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W.-C. Dullo. 1990. Facies, Fossil Record, and Age of Pleistocene Reefs from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia). Facies 22:1-46 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80963: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 24.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Cyanaria lacrimalis Cyanaria lacrimalis very rare
Foraminifera
Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae	Amphistegina papillosa Amphistegina papillosa common
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	Galaxea fascicularis Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Acanthastrea echinata, Lobophyllia corymbosa, Lobophyllia hemprichii, Echinophyllia aspera, Symphyllia erythraea Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral common Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral frequent Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral rare Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Symphyllia erythraea Klunzinger 1879 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Plerogyridae	Plerogyra sinuosa Plerogyra sinuosa Dana 1846 bubble coral very rare
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Hydnophora microconos, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favites peresi" = Goniastrea peresi, Goniastrea pectinata, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Mycedium elephantotus, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea serailia, Platygyra daedalea, Favites pentagona, Favites flexuosa, Favites complanata, Favites abdita, Echinopora lamellosa, Echinopora gemmacea Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral rare Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral rare "Favites peresi" = Goniastrea peresi Faure and Pichon 1978 stony coral very rare Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral common "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral common Mycedium elephantotus Pallas 1766 stony coral rare "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral common "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral common "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral rare "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral very rare Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral very rare Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral very rare Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral frequent Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral very rare Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral common Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral common Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral rare Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora damicornis Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora pharaonis, Acropora cf. hyacinthus, Acropora humilis, "Acropora haimei" = Acropora yongei, Astreopora myriophthalma Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral frequent Acropora cf. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral rare Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral rare "Acropora haimei" = Acropora yongei Veron and Wallace 1984 stony coral rare Astreopora myriophthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae	Coscinaraea monile Coscinaraea monile Forskal 1775 stony coral rare - listed as Coscinarea monile
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pavona minuta, Pavona explanulata, Pavona cactus, "Pavona yabei" = Leptoseris yabei Pavona minuta Wells 1954 stony coral common Pavona explanulata Lamarck 1816 stony coral very rare Pavona cactus Forskal 1775 stony coral rare "Pavona yabei" = Leptoseris yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites lutea, Porites columnaris, Porites solida, Porites cf. compressa, Goniopora savignyi, Goniopora tenella, Goniopora planulata Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral common Porites columnaris Klunzinger 1879 stony coral frequent Porites solida Forskal 1775 stony coral rare Porites cf. compressa Dana 1846 stony coral very rare Goniopora savignyi Dana 1846 stony coral very rare Goniopora tenella Quelch 1886 stony coral very rare Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia scutaria, Fungia klunzingeri, Fungia concinna, Fungia granulosa, Cycloseris vaughani, Cycloseris marginata, Ctenactis echinata, "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Fungia scutaria Lamarck 1801 stony coral very rare Fungia klunzingeri Doederlein 1901 stony coral rare Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral rare Fungia granulosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral rare Cycloseris vaughani Boschma 1923 stony coral rare Cycloseris marginata Boeschma 1923 stony coral very rare Ctenactis echinata Pallas 1766 stony coral frequent "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria mesenterina, "Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata Turbinaria mesenterina Lamarck 1816 stony coral very rare "Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata Esper 1794 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea purpurea Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral rare