Israel Pleshet 1 borehole Early Permian sandstone 5259m (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, Sa'ad Formation, Autunian (298.9 - 295.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• Abundance of sandstone and plant remains suggest a fluviatile environment, the coaly material deposited in the swamps.
• Sa'ad Formation: 80m, mainly quartz arenite with anhydritic cement; coaly shales, mud cracks and plant remains appear in places; few layers of limestone and dolostone.

•(this sample was taken from a sandstone layer)

•(this layer was taken from a 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 31579: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 19.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Indotriradites
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Falcisporites
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Marsupipollenites
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Distriatites
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Distriatites insolitus Bharadwaj and Salujha 1964
few
Plicatipollenites indicus
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Plicatipollenites indicus Lele 1964
common
Protohaploxypinus
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Vittatina
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Lycopsida
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Limitisporites
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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae