Wadi Surar (Miocene of Israel)
Where: Israel (31.8° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 33.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• fossiliferous limestone in association with coral limestones
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: G. S. Blake. 1935. On the occurrence of marine Miocene in Palestine. Geological Magazine 72:140-142 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99603: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Antigona subrotunda venus clam
Antigona aff. aglaurae Brongniart 1823 venus clam | |
Cardium turonicum, "Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum
Cardium turonicum cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle | |
Apolymetis papyracea, "Tellina (Arcopagia) crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa
Apolymetis papyracea Gmelin 1791 tellin clam | |