Wadi El Hommor (Miocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.1° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 32.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rudeis Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• lower part of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified shale and lithified limestone

• 3 m thick yellowish brown, hard and slightly sandy limestone bed within shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Gameil. 2003. Miocene corals from Wadi El Hommor, Sinai (Egypt). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 229(2):159-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124239: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea microcalyx Felix 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia aegyptiaca Felix 1884 stony coral
Stylocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea hommorensis n. sp. Gameil 2003 stony coral
Goniastrea "sp. 1" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea "sp. 2" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia "sp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871 stony coral
Solenastrea anomala Felix 1904 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea "sp. 1"" = Montastraea, "Montastrea "sp. 2"" = Montastraea, Montastrea lyonsi, Montastrea schweinfurthi
"Montastrea "sp. 1"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Montastrea "sp. 2"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastrea lyonsi Felix 1904 stony coral
Montastrea schweinfurthi Pratz 1883 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral