Israel Zohar 8 borehole Late Permian limestone 2824m (Permian of Israel)

Where: Israel (31.6° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 34.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lueckisporites virkkiae Zone zone, Yamin Formation, Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Yamin Formation: carbonates, sand bodies occur at the top and bottom.

•(the sample was taken in 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 31507: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 14.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Tintinnida -
Tintinnida indet. Corliss 1955
rare
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Lueckisporites
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Klausipollenites
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