Israel Zohar 8 borehole Middle Triassic c8: 2280-2286m: Anisian, Israel

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Brachysaccus ovalis microspore
few
Kuglerina meieri
rare
Chordasporites singulichorda microspore
rare
Lunatisporites pellucidus microspore
common
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Microcachrydites doubingeri microspore
few
unclassified
Falcisporites stabilis microspore
few
Alisporites grauvogeli microspore Klaus 1964
common
Triadispora crassa microspore Klaus 1964
few
Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales
Vitreisporites pallidus microspore Nilsson 1958
rare
unclassified
Lueckisporites singhii microspore
rare
Aratrisporites saturni microspore
very common
see common names

Geography
Country:Israel
Coordinates: 31.6° North, 34.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.1° South, 34.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:96 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
*Period:Middle Triassic
Key time interval:Anisian Zone: Aratrisporites saturni Zone
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gevanim Local bed:2280-2286m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Geology comments: Gevanim Formation: mainly sandstone and shale with some limestone. (Not known in what lithology the sample was taken)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:31490
Authorizer:C. Looy Enterer:F. Verbruggen
Modifier:F. Verbruggen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-05-14 08:56:57 Last modified:2003-05-14 11:56:58
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-14 08:56:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8492. 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]