MR 83-10, Coral Seapeak, Red Sea (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (23.8° N, 36.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° N, 36.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: M. Taviani, M. Lopez Correa, H. Zibrowius, P. Montagna, M. McCulloch and M. Ligi. 2007. Last glacial deep-water corals from the Red Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science 81(3):361-370 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124238: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Guynia annulata Duncan 1872 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Javania insignis Duncan 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae