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
Anthozoa | |
Leptastrea bottae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Platygyra daedalea, Favites abdita, Echinopora lamellosa, Leptoria phrygia, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus Wood 1828 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Tellimya cf. ferruginosa Montague 1808 clam | |
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa cockle | |
Asaphis deflorata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop |