Where: Israel (32.1° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° S, 35.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zafir Formation, Spathian to Spathian (251.3 - 242.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: chemical, acetic,
• Repository: Geological Survey of Israel
Primary reference: A. Honigstein and S. Crasquin. 2011. Late Scythian-Anisian ostracods (Crustacea) from the Meged-2 borehole, central Israel. Journal of Micropalaeontology 30:17-31 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156897: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Patellacythere ephraimi Honigstein and Crasquin 2011 ostracod | |
Bairdia megedensis Honigstein and Crasquin 2011 ostracod
Bairdia bariudini Honigstein and Crasquin 2011 ostracod |