Israel Zuk Tamrur boreholes Middle Triassic limestone c1 (Triassic of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.7° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° S, 35.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aratrisporites saturni Zone zone, Saharonim Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• limestone

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 31450: 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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Triadispora
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Triadispora crassa Klaus 1964
few
Lunatisporites
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Lueckisporites
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites grauvogeli Klaus 1964
few
Falcisporites
  -
Chordasporites
  -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
 Coniferales -
Raistrickia
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Raistrickia sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
common
Polypodiopsida
  -
Verrucosisporites thuringiacus Mädler 1964
rare
Prasinophytae
  -
Tasmanites spp. Newton 1875
rare
 Life -
Micrhystridium spp. Deflandre 1937 acritarchs
common
Veryhachium spp. Deunff 1954 acritarchs
few
Aratrisporites
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Cyclotriletes
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