Also known as Reef 3231
Where: Saudi Arabia (28.2° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 34.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Al Bad Formation (Raghama Group), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Age determinatin based on benthic foraminifers
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified rudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Incomplete taxonomic work
Primary reference: W.-C. Dullo, H. Hötzl, and A. R. Jado. 1983. New stratigraphical results from the Tertiary sequence of the Midyan area, NW Saudi Arabia; Contributions to the geology of the eastern margin of the Red Sea. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 12(2):75-83 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34413: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 31.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea | |
unclassified | |
Rhodophyta indet. Wettstein 1922 | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin |