Israel Zohar 8 borehole Early Permian shale 3102m (Permian to of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.6° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 34.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Potoniesporites novicus Zone zone, Arqov Formation, Autunian to Autunian (298.9 - 283.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• nearshore marine
• Arqov Formation: alternating sand, shale and carbonate units.

•(this sample was taken from a shale layer)

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: Y. Eshet. 1990. Paleozoic-Mesozoic Palynology of Israel: I: Palynological Aspects of the Permo-Triassic Succession in the Subsurface of Israel. Geological Survey of Israel 81:1-57 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31516: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 14.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
  -
  - Polypodiaceae
Pteridopsida
  -
Protohaploxypinus
  -
Vittatina
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Plicatipollenites
  -
Plicatipollenites densus Srivastava 1970
few
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958
few
Distriatites
  -
Distriatites insolitus Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
few
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Lophotriletes
  -
Lophotriletes novicus Singh 1964
common
Triplexisporites playfordii
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