Makhtesh Ramon, USGS Mesozoic loc. 29177 (= collection 1) (Triassic of Israel)

Where: Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 30.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sa'haronim Formation (Ramon Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• 260.7 m above base of type section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone

• weathered crinoidal limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

• also at: Geological Survey of Israel

Primary reference: I.G. Sohn. 1968. Triassic ostracodes from Makhtesh Ramon, Israel. Israel Geological Survey - Bulletin 44:1-71 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Jamet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41683: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 19.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdiacypris sp., Bairdia "sp. 1", Dicerobairdia "sp. 1"
Bairdiacypris sp. Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 1" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Dicerobairdia "sp. 1" Kollmann 1963 ostracod
 Podocopida - Limnocytheridae
Simeonella brotzenorum n. gen. n. sp.
Simeonella brotzenorum n. gen. n. sp. ostracod
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Leviella bentori n. gen. n. sp., Issacharella blakei n. gen. n. sp., Issacharella sp.
Leviella bentori n. gen. n. sp. ostracod
Issacharella blakei n. gen. n. sp. ostracod
Issacharella sp. Sohn 1968 ostracod