Where: Negev, Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 34.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: H. Hess. 1972. An Ophiuroid from the Triassic of Makhtesh Ramon (Negev, Israel). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 65(3):725-729 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31898: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 28.05.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Aplocoma sp. d'Orbigny 1852 brittle star |