Meged-2 borehole, sample 5177-80 m (Triassic to of Israel)

Where: Israel (32.1° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° S, 35.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zafir Formation, Spathian to Spathian (251.3 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

• Repository: Geological Survey of Israel

Primary reference: A. Honigstein and S. Crasquin. 2011. Late Scythian-Anisian ostracods (Crustacea) from the Meged-2 borehole, central Israel. Journal of Micropalaeontology 30:17-31 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156823: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia bariudini n. sp. Honigstein and Crasquin 2011 ostracod
Bairdia megedensis Honigstein and Crasquin 2011 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
? Acratia sp. Delo 1930 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Renngartenella ragilis Honigstein and Crasquin 2011 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod