Makhtesh Ramon area (Triassic to of Israel)

Where: Negev, Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° S, 34.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saharonim Formation, Illyrian to Illyrian (247.2 - 235.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Rieppel. 2002. The dermal armor of the cyamodontoid placodonts (Reptilia, Sauropterygia): morphology and systematic value. Fieldiana Geology: New Series 46:1-41 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196711: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.10.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Placodontia -
Psephoderma sculptata n. sp. Rieppel 2002 placodont
HUJ-Pal. T.R.I 98, carapace fragment