Where: Negev, Israel (31.6° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 30.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Helez Formation (Kurnub Group), Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 129.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified, ferruginous, carbonaceous shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical
Primary reference: G. J. Brenner and I. S. Bickoff. 1992. Palynology and age of the Lower Cretaceous basal Kurnub Group from the coastal plain to the Northern Negev of Israel. Palynology 16:137-185 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140289: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953 |