Israel Zuk Tamrur boreholes Early Triassic sandstone 2476m (Triassic of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.7° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.5° S, 35.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Endosporites papillatus Zone zone, Arqov Formation, Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• Nearshore marine
• Arqov Formation: alternating sand, shale and carbonate units. (This sample was taken in a sandstone 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 31468: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 14.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Life -
Veryhachium spp.
Veryhachium spp. Deunff 1954 acritarchs
common
Endosporites
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Endosporites papillatus
Lunatisporites
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Lunatisporites noviaulensis
Lycopsida
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Kraeuselisporites spp., Kraeuselisporites cuspidus