Israel Pleshet 1 borehole Early Permian shale 5145m (Permian of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.7° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 33.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Potoniesporites novicus Zone zone, Arqov Formation, 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 layer 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 31565: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 16.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Plicatipollenites indicus
  -
Falcisporites
  -
Distriatites
  -
Distriatites insolitus Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
few
Vittatina
  -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Protozoa
 Tintinnida -
Tintinnida indet. Corliss 1955
few