Israel Zohar 8 borehole Late Triassic dolomite 1893-1899m (Triassic of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.6° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 31.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Patinasporites densus Zone zone, Mohilla Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite

• hypersaline closed marine basin
• Mohilla Formation: evaporitic unit, mostly anhydride, gypsum and dolomite.

•(this sample was taken from a dolomite 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 31476: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 14.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Concavisporites
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Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora minor Pocock 1970
common
Deltoidospora toralis Lund 1977
common
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
"Corollina torosa" = Classopollis
"Corollina torosa" = Classopollis
very common