Israel Pleshet 1 borehole Late Permian limestone 4970m (Permian of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.7° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 34.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lueckisporites virkkiae Zone zone, Arqov Formation, Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• nearshore marine
• Arqov Formation: alternating sand, shale and carbonate units.

•(this layer was taken from a limestone layer)

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: Y. Eshet. 1990. Paleozoic-Mesozoic Palynology of Israel: I: Palynological Aspects of the Permo-Triassic Succession in the Subsurface of Israel. Geological Survey of Israel 81:1-57 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31557: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 16.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lueckisporites
  -
Klausipollenites
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Densipollenites indicus
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Densipollenites indicus Bharadwaj 1962
rare
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Falcisporites
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Protohaploxypinus
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Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites comaumensis Potonie 1953
very rare