MLR reef, Elat (Holocene of Israel)

Where: Israel (29.5° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 34.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• 2 stages of reef development: ~4900 years and ~2300 years ago

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Shaked, A. Agnon, B. Lazar, S. Marco, U. Avner and M. Stein. 2004. Large earthquakes kill coral reefs at the north-west Gulf of Aqaba. Terra Nova 16:133-138 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97662: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.08.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Alcyonacea -
Tubipora sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Gyrosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral