PBDB Collection

Israel Zuk Tamrur boreholes Late Triassic dolomite 1612m (Triassic of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.7° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 31.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Patinasporites densus Zone zone, Saharonim Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite and limestone

• the sample is taken exactly where transgression ends and regression begins

• The sample was taken on the boundary of a dolomite layer and a limestone layer.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: Y. Eshet. 1990. Paleozoic-Mesozoic Palynology of Israel: I: Palynological Aspects of the Permo-Triassic Succession in the Subsurface of Israel. Geological Survey of Israel 81:1-57 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31430: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 13.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Paracirculina scurrilis, Patinasporites densus, Palaeospongiosporis europaeus Paracirculina scurrilis very common Patinasporites densus few Palaeospongiosporis europaeus rare
Lunatisporites
-	Lunatisporites acutus Lunatisporites acutus few
Camerosporites secatus
-	Camerosporites secatus Camerosporites secatus Leschik 1956 common
Gymnospermopsida
-	Ovalipollis ovalis Ovalipollis ovalis few

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae	Platysaccus papilionis Platysaccus papilionis podocarp few