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 80994: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella reyi turret shell | |
Aporrhaidae indet. Gray 1850 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus" sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
"Crassatella rothi" = Crassatella rothii
"Crassatella rothi" = Crassatella rothii Fraas 1872 clam | |
Mesosaccella sp. Chavan 1946 pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella perdita Conrad 1852 pointed nut clam |