Where: Israel (30.2° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° N, 30.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mishash Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Mishash Formation. Correlated with Duwi Fm (Egypt) and Amman and Ruseifa Fms (Jordan). AGE: Upper Campanian. Justification not provided in text for age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, phosphatic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Edelman-Furstenberg
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: Y. Edelman-Furstenberg, probably during early 2000's. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but probably the Geological Survey of Israel.
Primary reference: Y. Edelman-Furstenberg. 2008. Macrobenthic community structure in a high-productivity region: Upper Campanian Mishash Formation (Israel). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 261:58-77 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80988: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula tenera nut clam | |
Mesosaccella sp. Chavan 1946 pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella larteti pointed nut clam | |
Nanonavis parallelus clam | |
"Meretrix" sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam
Mesocallista andersoni Newton 1909 venus clam | |
Caestocorbula sp. Vincent 1910 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella reyi turret shell | |
"Undiscala vicina" = Amaea (Undiscala)
"Undiscala vicina" = Amaea (Undiscala) wentletrap | |
Fasciolariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail | |
Gyrodes farafrensis moon snail |