Also known as Reef 719

Where: Israel (31.3° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 33.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pattish Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Originally assinged to Middle-Late Miocene. Tortinian age indicated by Buchbinder (1979)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. S. Blake. 1935. On the occurrence of marine Miocene in Palestine. Geological Magazine 72:140-142 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99604: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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