Where: Pakistan (25.1° N, 61.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 61.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Ali, P. J. A. Siddiqui, K. Bromfield, A. A. Khan, and P. Iqbal. 2017. Quaternary fossil coral communities in uplifted strata along the Balochistan coast of Pakistan: understanding modern coral decline in the Arabian Sea. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 10(520) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192912: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.04.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Acanthastrea hillae Wells 1955 stony coral
Acanthastrea cf. echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Astreopora "sp. 4" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 4" Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora cf. eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Favites cf. chinensis, Favites spinosa, Favites cf. abdita, Favites complanata, Platygyra pini, Platygyra sinensis, Cyphastrea "sp. 1", Cyphastrea "sp. 3", Caulastrea sp., Hydnophora exesa, Goniastrea sp., Goniastrea columella
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites cf. chinensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Favites cf. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Cyphastrea "sp. 1" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea "sp. 3" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea columella Crossland 1948 stony coral | |
Favia "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Blastomussa sp. Wells 1961 stony coral | |
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral |