Reef beds, Member C, Wadi Ramon, Negev Desert: Anisian, Israel
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ramonalinidae
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Myalina ramanensis n. sp.
Brotzen 1956
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abundant category | ||||||
| recombined as Ramonalina ramanensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Israel |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 34.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.1° South, 34.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gevanim | ||||
| Local section: | Wadi Raman | Local bed: | C 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: aka unit 40 (Druckman 1974), near the top of the upper member of the Gevanim Formation, Late Anisian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: monospecific bivalve mounds, up to 7 m thick, developed on a muddy substrate in a shallow marginal marine environment | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Holotype deposited at the Museum of Nat. Hist. Stockholm | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3532 | ||
| Database number: | 63940 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-28 01:36:51 | Last modified: | 2009-11-26 04:44:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-28 01:36:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18339. | 1% | F. Brotzen. 1956. Stratigraphical studies on the Triassic vertebrate fossils from Wadi Raman, Israel. Arkiv foer Mineralogi och Geologi 2(9):191-217 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner] |
Secondary references:
| 31255 | T. E. Yancey, M. A. Wilson, and A. C. S. Mione. 2009. The ramonalinids: a new family of mound-building bivalves of the early Middle Triassic. Palaeontology 52(6):1349-1361 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |