PBDB Collection

Pleistocene Reef, Red Sea, rear reef (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as Reef 3805

Where: Saudi Arabia (27.7° N, 35.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

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

• besides rare coralline grainstones, bioclastic rud-and floatstones are developed

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W.-C. Dullo. 1990. Facies, Fossil Record, and Age of Pleistocene Reefs from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia). Facies 22:1-46 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80955: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 23.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia -	Gardineroseris planulata Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral very rare - listed as Gardinoseris planulata
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	Galaxea astreata, Galaxea fascicularis Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816 stony coral very rare Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pavona minuta, Pavona cactus Pavona minuta Wells 1954 stony coral rare Pavona cactus Forskal 1775 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Siderastrea savignyana Siderastrea savignyana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	"Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda, Fungia concinna, Fungia granulosa "Fungia repanda" = Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 stony coral rare Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral very rare Fungia granulosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora planulata, "Porites iwayamaensis" = Porites rus, Porites lutea Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral very rare "Porites iwayamaensis" = Porites rus Forskal 1775 stony coral rare Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral frequent
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora humilis Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora verrucosa, Seriatopora caliendrum Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral very rare Seriatopora caliendrum Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral very rare
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea purpurea Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral rare
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Echinophyllia aspera, Lobophyllia corymbosa Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral very rare Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral common
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Echinopora gemmacea, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Platygyra daedalea, Leptoria phrygia, Favites complanata, Favites flexuosa, Favites pentagona, Favites abdita Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral frequent "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral common "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral common "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral frequent Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral common Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral common Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral frequent Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral common "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral common Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral frequent Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral rare Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral frequent Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral frequent Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral common Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral frequent