Also known as Reef 1983

Where: Egypt (24.8° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.0° N, 34.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rudeis Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Langhian to lower Serravallian. Also older?

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Perrin, J.-C. Plaziat, and B. R. Rosen. 1998. Miocene coral reefs and reef corals of the south-western Gulf of Suez and north-western Red Sea: distribution, diversity and regional environmental controls. Sedimentation and tectonics of rift basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden 296-319 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50927: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.05.2005

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