Also known as Reef 3988
Where: Iran (26.5° N, 54.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 54.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• 252-213 (MIS 7) and 148-100 ka (MIS 5) (ESR and Th/U dated). Two horizons with same corals
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: Z. K. Mossadegh, J. Parker, E. Gischler, W. Oschmann, D. Blakeway and A. Eisenhauer. 2013. Palaeoecology of well-preserved coral communities in a siliciclastic environment from the Late Pleistocene (MIS 7), Kish Island, Persian Gulf (Iran): the development of low-relief reef frameworks (biostromes) in increasingly restricted environments. International Journal of Earth Sciences (102)545-570 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 164152: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga cumingiana mussel | |
Scapharca sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Annachlamys sp. Iredale 1939 scallop
Chlamys (cf. Chlamys) ruschenbergerii Tryon 1870 scallop | |
Placuna sp. Lightfoot 1786 scallop | |
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pinctada sp. Ršding 1798 pearl oyster
"Pinctada radiata" = Pinctada imbricata Röding 1798 pearl oyster
Pinctada margaritifera Linnaeus 1758 pearl oyster | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
Alectryonella plicatula Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Tridacna sp., Trachycardium (cf. Trachycardium) rugosum, Trachycardium lacunosum, Laevicardium (cf. Laevicardium) papyraceum
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
Trachycardium (cf. Trachycardium) rugosum Lamarck 1819 cockle
Trachycardium lacunosum Reeve 1845 cockle
Laevicardium (cf. Laevicardium) papyraceum Bruguière 1792 cockle | |
Tellina palatam, "Tellina scobinata" = Scutarcopagia scobinata
Tellina palatam Iredale 1929 tellin clam
"Tellina scobinata" = Scutarcopagia scobinata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Psammobiidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Gafrarium (cf. Gafrarium) divaricatum Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Marcia sp. Adams and A 1857 venus clam
Lioconcha ornata Dillwyn 1817 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama pacifica Broderip 1834 jewel box | |
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
Codakia interrupta clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral |