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

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"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
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816