Where: Israel (30.3° N, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 29.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• regarded by its stratigraphic position as of Early Coniacian age

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: 'The associated fauna of echinoids, bivalves and gastropods is very rich.'; collected by R. Freund (excursion of geological class of the Hebrew University); Museum repositories: HU

Primary reference: A. Parnes. 1964. Coniacian ammonites from the Negev (Southern Israel). Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin (39)1-41 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69822: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 08.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)