Ofakim, Tziqlag Formation, Sample 851a BB: Tortonian, Israel
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum prelichenoides
Lemoine 1917
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Israel | County: | Ofakim |
Coordinates: | 31.3° North, 34.6° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.8° North, 33.9° 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 text-figure |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 143329 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2013-04-23 00:09:13 | Last modified: | 2013-04-22 09:09:13 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-07-23 00:09:13 |
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] |