Table 1. Summary of all fossil transects and their characteristics.

Transect	Locality	Height above current sea level [m]	Length of transect [m]	Age	Depth category	Percentage of other corals (%)	Percentage of Millepora (%)	Percentage of sediment (%)
LT01	Wadi Igla	10.0	19.6	pre-MIS5e	–	15.9	19.4	64.8
LT02	Wadi Igla	9.0	19.5	pre-MIS5e	–	8.1	65.1	26.7
LT03	Wadi Igla	5.0	17.2	pre-MIS5e	–	69.0	9.0	22.0
LT05	Wadi Igla	7.0–8.0	16.6	pre-MIS5e	–	51.3	13.9	34.8
LT06	Wadi Igla	9.0	19.6	pre-MIS5e	–	66.3	2.5	31.3
LT60	Sharm El Bahari	1.0	21.5	MIS5e	Reef slope	66.5	0.7	32.8
LT61	Sharm El Bahari	1.0	21.6	MIS5e	Reef slope	79.1	1.1	19.9
LT62	Sharm El Bahari	1.0	23.7	MIS5e	Reef slope	57.6	3.7	38.7
LT63	Sharm El Bahari	1.0	20.0	MIS5e	Reef slope	71.4	1.6	27.1
LT68	Sharm El Bahari	3.5	22.4	MIS5e	Reef edge	75.3	12.3	12.4
LT69	Sharm El Bahari	3.0	19.3	MIS5e	Reef edge	69.3	13.2	17.5
LT70	Sharm El Bahari	3.0–4.0	20.6	MIS5e	Reef edge	78.0	9.8	12.3
LT72	Flamenco Beach	1.2	20.2	MIS5e	Reef slope	65.0	0.6	34.5
LT73	Flamenco Beach	1.5-2.5	19.2	MIS5e	Reef slope	55.3	10.5	34.2
LT74	Flamenco Beach	1.5	23.7	MIS5e	Reef slope	61.7	18.3	20.0
LT75	Wadi Nakari	4.0	19.4	MIS5e	Reef edge	48.8	19.4	31.8
LT76	Wadi Nakari	4.0–5.0	20.6	MIS5e	Reef edge	73.1	1.7	25.3
LT77	Wadi Nakari	2.0	21.3	MIS5e	Reef edge	56.0	6.2	37.8
LT78	Wadi Nakari	0.5	18.9	MIS5e	Reef slope	55.5	0.3	44.2
LT79	Wadi Nakari	0.5–1.0	20.9	MIS5e	Reef slope	68.0	1.9	30.1
LT07	Sharm El Luli	3.0	19.9	MIS5e	Reef edge	78.3	0.0	21.7
LT09	Sharm El Luli	4.0–5.0	23.2	MIS5e	Reef edge	87.9	0.0	12.1
LT11	Sharm El Luli	1.5	20.5	MIS5e	Reef slope	66.5	0.0	33.5
LT12	Sharm El Luli	1.2	14.1	MIS5e	Reef slope	48.6	0.0	51.4
LT13	Sharm El Luli	1.5	16.6	MIS5e	Reef slope	71.3	0.0	28.7
LT14	Sharm El Luli	4.0	26.2	MIS5e	Reef edge	95.7	0.0	4.3
LT64	Sharm El Quibli	3.0	21.6	MIS5e	Reef edge	72.5	0.0	27.5
LT65	Sharm El Quibli	3.0	12.4	MIS5e	Reef edge	77.0	0.0	23.0
LT66	Sharm El Quibli	3.5–4.0	22.1	MIS5e	Reef edge	90.0	0.0	10.0