Ofaqim reef, Ziqlag Formation, Hadarom (Miocene of Israel)

Also known as Reef 1981

Where: Israel (31.3° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 33.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ziqlag Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• reef belt, up to 12 m thick and 100-150 m wide

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: B. Buchbinder. 1996. Middle and Upper Miocene reefs and carbonate platforms in Israel. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:333-345 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69908: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis sp. Montfort 1808
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Archaias sp. Montfort 1808
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Poritidae indet. Gray 1840 stony coral
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831