Where: Israel (30.6° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 28.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ardon Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown dolomite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Bentor, Vroman, A. Nevo, Goldberg, Nevo
• Repository: Paleontological Division of the Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem
Primary reference: A. Parnes. 1980. Lower Jurassic (Liassic) Invertebrates from Makhtesh Ramon (Negev, Southern Israel). Israel Journal of Earth-Sciences 29:107-113 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 159697: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 06.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pteroperna reticularis n. sp.
Pteroperna reticularis n. sp. Parnes 1980 pearl oyster 4 left valve fragments and a fragment showing ornamentation
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Gastropoda | |
Nerinella janeti Cossman 1898 snail |