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)
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Bivalvia | |
Cardita arduini Brongniart 1823 clam |