Where: Israel (30.6° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 34.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: fossiliferous limestone Member (Sa'haronim Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• 145 to 147 m above base of type section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

• also at: Geological Survey of Israel

Primary reference: I.G. Sohn. 1968. Triassic ostracodes from Makhtesh Ramon, Israel. Israel Geological Survey - Bulletin 44:1-71 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Jamet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41697: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 19.07.2004

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