Wadi El Hommor (Miocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.1° N, 33.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.8° N, 33.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rudeis Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• lower part of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified shale and lithified limestone

• 3 m thick yellowish brown, hard and slightly sandy limestone bed within shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Gameil. 2003. Miocene corals from Wadi El Hommor, Sinai (Egypt). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 229(2):159-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124239: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp.
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea "sp. 1"" = Montastraea, "Montastrea "sp. 2"" = Montastraea, Montastrea schweinfurthi, Montastrea lyonsi
"Montastrea "sp. 1"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Montastrea "sp. 2"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastrea schweinfurthi Pratz 1883 stony coral
Montastrea lyonsi Felix 1904 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora elegans, Porites leptoclada
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea microcalyx
Plesiastrea microcalyx Felix 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia sp., Astrocoenia aegyptiaca
Stylocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Astrocoenia aegyptiaca Felix 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia "sp. 1", Favia "sp. 2", Favia corollaris, Solenastrea anomala
Favia "sp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871 stony coral
Solenastrea anomala Felix 1904 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea hommorensis n. sp., Goniastrea "sp. 1", Goniastrea "sp. 2"
Tarbellastraea hommorensis n. sp. Gameil 2003 stony coral
Goniastrea "sp. 1" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea "sp. 2" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral