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Wadi Gawasis, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

Lat/Long (Decimal)26.555,34.035
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Wadi Gawasis, lower terraceCasazza L. R. (2012)"reef rocks"0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Wadi Gawasis, upper terraceCasazza L. R. (2012)"reef rocks"0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Wadi GawasisCasazza L. R. (2012)"reef rocks"0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Leptastrea bottae
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Leptastrea : Leptastrea bottae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Dipsastraea speciosa
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dipsastraea : Dipsastraea speciosa0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Echinopora lamellosa
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Echinopora : Echinopora lamellosa0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Favites micropentagona
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites micropentagona0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Favites pentagona
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites pentagona0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Goniastrea stelligera
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea : Goniastrea stelligera0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Platygyra daedalea
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Platygyra : Platygyra daedalea0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Lobophyllia hemprichii
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Lobophylliidae : Lobophyllia : Lobophyllia hemprichii0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Galaxea fascicularis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Euphylliidae : Galaxea : Galaxea fascicularis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pocillopora damicornis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Pocillopora : Pocillopora damicornis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Goniopora sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Porites sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Corallinales
order
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Casazza L. R. (2012) Symbiosis in the Fossil Record: Eocene Nummulites and Pleistocene Reefs of Egypt
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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