Makhtech Ramon (HUJ collection) (Triassic of Israel)

Also known as Makhtesh Ramon

Where: Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° S, 34.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gevanim Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• "Ceratites beds"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• "may be considered coastal with a clear marine influence"
• Limestones interbedded with shale units

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ)

Primary reference: M. Martin, G. Cuny, and J. M. Mazin. 1991. Rostres de Saurichthys (Saurichthyiformes, Saurichthyidae) en trois dimensions dans le Trias Moyen d'Israël. Geobios 24:183-186 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149344: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.08.2013, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Nothosauria - Simosauridae
Simosaurus sp.1
Simosaurus sp.1 Meyer 1842 nothosaur
HUJ-Pal. 2086, partial skull
 Placodontia -
Psephoderma sp.2, Psephosauriscus sinaiticus2, Psephosauriscus ramonensis n. sp.2
Psephoderma sp.2 von Meyer 1858 placodont
HUJ-Pal. T.R.3189, carapace
Psephosauriscus sinaiticus2 Rieppel 2002 placodont
Psephosauriscus ramonensis n. sp.2 Rieppel 2002 placodont
HUJ-Pal. 2751, fragment of carapace and plastron
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp.
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
1Haas 1981; 2Rieppel 2002