Al-Aqaba, Terrace 5, A (Pleistocene of Jordan)

Also known as Reef 3813

Where: Jordan (29.3° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 34.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• 238 000 years

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

• lagoon
• Detrital limestone rich in pelecypods. It also yields some broken dendritic corals.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Al-Rifaiy and O. H. Cherif. 1988. The Fossil Coral Reefs of Al-Aqaba, Jordan. Facies 18(1):219-230 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82749: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 01.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo (Calopoma) fluctuosus" = Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus
"Turbo (Calopoma) fluctuosus" = Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus Wood 1828 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
named Colliostroma in reference
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa cockle
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis deflorata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae