Makhtesh Ramon (Jurassic of Israel)

Also known as PGAP 331

Where: Negev, Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 29.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cycle Formation, Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Lorch. 1967. A Jurassic flora of Makhtesh Ramon, Israel. Israel Journal of Botany 16:131-156 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30197: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
unclassified
  -
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Aspidistes "sp. 1" Harris 1961
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Onychiopsis "sp. 1" Yokoyama 1895
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
 Bennettitales -
Williamsonia "sp. 1" Carruthers 1870
Ptilophyllum "sp. 1" Morris 1840
Ptilophyllum "sp. 2" Morris 1840
Ptilophyllum "sp. 3" Morris 1840
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 2" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 3" Braun 1843
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp
Podozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843 podocarp
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828