Ophiuroidea, Ladinian, Makhtesh Ramon, Negev, Israel (Triassic of Israel)

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

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Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae
Aplocoma sp. d'Orbigny 1852 brittle star