Makhtesh Ramon (Saharonim Fm., Limestone-Dolomite Mb.) (Triassic of Israel)

Where: Negev, Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 31.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Limestone-Dolomite Member (Saharonim Formation), Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and dolomite

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 214656: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 12.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Gruenewaldia woehrmanni Bittner 1895 clam