Tziqlag Formation, Sample Mivtah 1 3775m: Tortonian, Israel
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Mesophyllaceae
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Mesophyllum laffittei
Lemoine 1939
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Geography
| Country: | Israel |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 34.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.3° North, 34.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tziqlag |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: Skeletal grains and as crusts in growth position. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: Coral reefs, which are distributed mainly in the trough and slope area | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 143288 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-22 20:38:00 | Last modified: | 2013-04-22 05:38:00 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-07-22 20:38:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46427. | B. Buchbinder. 1977. Systematics and paleoenvironments of the calcareous algae from the Miocene (Tortonian) Tziqlag Formation, Israel. Micropaleontology 23(4):415-435 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |