Pleistocene Reef, Red Sea, rear reef (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)
Also known as Reef 3805
Where: Saudi Arabia (27.7° N, 35.5° E: paleocoordinates 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