Also known as Reef 2749
Where: Israel (30.9° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 29.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: athleta ammonoid zone, Matmor Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• Originally assigned to the Argovian (= upper Oxfordian). Now considered of Callovian age (M. Wilson, pers. comm. 2009).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: R. G. S. Hudson. 1958. Actostroma gen. nov., a Jurassic stromatoporoid from Maktesh Hathira, Israel. Palaeontology 1(2):87-98 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91903: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Calcarea | |
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Demospongiae | |
Shuqraia sp., Steinerina somaliensis, Promillepora kornubi, Promillepora douvillei, Promillepora pervinquieri, Dehornella crustans1, Dehornella cf. harrarensis1
Shuqraia sp. Hudson 1954 demosponge
Steinerina somaliensis demosponge
Promillepora kornubi demosponge
Promillepora douvillei demosponge
Promillepora pervinquieri Dehorne 1920 demosponge | |
Actostroma kuehni n. sp. demosponge
Actostroma damesini n. gen. n. sp. Hudson 1958 demosponge
Actostroma nasri n. sp. Hudson 1958 demosponge | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporina sp. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
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Bivalvia | |
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"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana2
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Moorelina sp." = Moorellina2
"Moorelina sp." = Moorellina2 | |
Polychaeta | |
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Gastrochaenolites torpedo2 Kelly and Bromley 1984 |