Makhtesh Ramon, USGS Mesozoic loc. 29195 (= collection 19) (Triassic of Israel)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: sandstone clay Member (Gevanim Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• 66.5 m above base of type section; shale between and below organogenic limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

• also at: Geological Survey of Israel

Primary reference: I.G. Sohn. 1968. Triassic ostracodes from Makhtesh Ramon, Israel. Israel Geological Survey - Bulletin 44:1-71 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Jamet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41704: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 20.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
"Reubenella avnimelechi" = Bektasia
"Reubenella avnimelechi" = Bektasia ostracod