El Qubeibeh (Oligocene of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.6° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.7° N, 31.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• sandy detrital limestone overlain by more marly or chalky limestone with hard beds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1934. On the occurence of the marine Oligocene in Palestine. Geological Magazine 71:337-355 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99567: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita arduini Brongniart 1823 clam