Where: Israel (30.7° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 29.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Matmor Formation (Arad Group), Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• athleta Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: G. A. Gill. 1982. Epistreptophyllum (Hexacorallaire Jurassique), genre colonialou solitaire? examen d'un materiel nouveau d'Israel. Geobios 15(2):217-223 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79303: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.02.2008, edited by Davey Wright
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral | |
Crinoidea | |
Apiocrinites negevensis Ausich and Wislon 2012 Sea lily |