Hellez 3 Well, Core 15 (Cretaceous of Israel)

Where: Coastal Plain, Israel (31.6° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 30.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: B. bifidum-K. scaberis pollen zone, Helez Formation (Kurnub Group), Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone and lithified, ferruginous, carbonaceous shale

• The sediments of the Kurnub Group consist of shallow marine to continental sandstones, carbonaceous shales, sandy and ferruginous limestones, and marls. The lowest formation, the Zeweira, is the most arenaceous unit and includes the carbonaceous shales and lignitic layers that yielded the spores and pollen used in this study. The middle part of the Zeweira Formation contains the lowest marine intercalations

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 140350: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 08.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Calliaolasporites trilobatus, Inaperturate "Pollen Type I"
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis classoides
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Klukisporites scoberis
Bullasporis
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Bullasporis bifidum
Gemmatriletes
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Gemmatriletes densegemmotus