Also known as Reef 3931
Where: Egypt (27.7° N, 33.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 33.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• reef grew during the maximum of the last interglacial period, stage 5e, Eemian, 125,000 YBP
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified bindstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: A. S. El-Sorogy. 2002. Paleontology and depositional environments of the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 225(3):337-371 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87876: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909 | |
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897 | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica Guembel 1862 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Luria (Basilitroma) isabella" = Luria isabella
"Luria (Basilitroma) isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry | |
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell | |
"Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonium" = Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonius
"Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonium" = Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonius Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Chama pacifica Broderip 1834 jewel box | |
Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata Reeve 1850 venus clam
Circe (Circentia) arabica Chemnitz 1863 venus clam | |
Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) lacerata, "Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata, "Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata
Barbatia (Barbatia) lacerata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
"Scrupocellaria elliptica" = Bactridium ellipticum
"Scrupocellaria elliptica" = Bactridium ellipticum Reuss 1848 | |
Anthozoa | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
Acropora horrida Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora clathrata Brook 1891 stony coral
Montipora spongiosa Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Blastomussa merleti Wells 1961 stony coral |