Nahr el Kelb, basal 30 metres thickness (Miocene of Lebanon)
Where: Lebanon (33.9° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 34.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lithothamnium undulatum zone, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: H. S. Edgell and P. W. Basson. 1975. Calcareous algae from the Miocene of Lebanon. Micropaleontology 21(2):165-184 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147450: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.07.2013
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Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae | |
"Lithothamnium cf. crispatum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium undulatum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium airoldii" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium cf. airoldii" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium cf. bourcartii" = Lithothamnion, Lithothamnium disarmonicum
"Lithothamnium cf. crispatum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium undulatum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium airoldii" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cf. airoldii" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cf. bourcartii" = Lithothamnion
Lithothamnium disarmonicum Conti 1943 | |
Jania "sp. B", Jania guamensis, Jania cf. vetus, Archaeolithothamnium cf. taiwanense, Lithophyllum prelichenoides, Lithoporella melobesioides
Jania "sp. B" Lamoroux 1812
Jania guamensis Johnson 1964
Jania cf. vetus Johnson 1957
Lithophyllum prelichenoides Lemoine 1917
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816 |