Ofakim, Tziqlag Formation, Sample 869a BB (Miocene of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.3° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 33.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tziqlag Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• Coral reefs, which are distributed mainly in the trough and slope area text-figure
• Skeletal grains and as crusts in growth position.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Buchbinder. 1977. Systematics and paleoenvironments of the calcareous algae from the Miocene (Tortonian) Tziqlag Formation, Israel. Micropaleontology 23(4):415-435 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143292: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum prelichenoides
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnium cf. saxorum