Makhtesh Ramon (Saharonim Fm., lower Fossiliferous Limestone Mb.) (Triassic of Israel)

Where: Negev, Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° S, 34.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fossiliferous Limestone Member (Saharonim Formation), Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Parnes, C. Benjamini, and F. Hirsch. 1985. New Aspects of Triassic Ammonoid Biostratigraphy, Paleoenvironments and Paleobiogeography in Southern Israel (Sepharadic Province). Journal of Paleontology 59(3):656-666 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214650: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 12.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Discoptychites sp. Diener 1916 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hungaritidae
Paraceratitoides brotzeni n. sp. Parnes 1975 ceratite
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Paranautilus sphaeroidalis n. sp. Parnes 1986 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Grypoceras cf. quadrangulum Beyrich 1866 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Mojsvaroceras haasi n. sp., Mojsvaroceras zaki n. sp., "Germanonautilus saharonicus n. sp." = Germanonautilus bidorsatus
Mojsvaroceras haasi n. sp. Parnes 1986 nautiloid
Mojsvaroceras zaki n. sp. Parnes 1986 nautiloid
"Germanonautilus saharonicus n. sp." = Germanonautilus bidorsatus Schlotheim 1820 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Paranautilidae
"Grypoceras cf. privatum" = Indonautilus privatus
"Grypoceras cf. privatum" = Indonautilus privatus von Mojsisovics 1882 nautiloid