Pleistocene Reef, Red Sea, coral rock (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 reef rocks
• bafflestones are surrounded by grainstones and packstones
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 80956: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 23.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia cf. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, Platygyra daedalea, Favites complanata, Favites flexuosa, Favites abdita
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