YF O-5 [Mishash Fm]: Late/Upper Campanian, Israel
collected by Edelman-Furstenberg
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Undiscala vicina
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20 specimens | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Amaea (Undiscala) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes asiatica
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Mesosaccella larteti
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21 specimens | ||||||
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Mesosaccella grovei
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mesosaccella perdita
(Conrad 1852)
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24 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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"Lucina" blanckenhorni
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Veneridae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | ||||||
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"Meretrix" sp.
Lamarck 1799
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24 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula sp.
Vincent 1910
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nanonavis parallelus
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Israel |
| Coordinates: | 30.2° North, 35.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.1° North, 30.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mishash | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Mishash Formation. Correlated with Duwi Fm (Egypt) and Amman and Ruseifa Fms (Jordan). AGE: Upper Campanian. Justification not provided in text for age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Phosphatic carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description and sampling methodology. | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate marginal marine environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collectors: | Edelman-Furstenberg |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Y. Edelman-Furstenberg, probably during early 2000's. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but probably the Geological Survey of Israel. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with fairly modern nomenclature, and identifications to species resolution where preservation permits. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80986 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-05-24 22:54:00 | Last modified: | 2017-08-04 14:27:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-05-24 22:54:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27245. | Y. Edelman-Furstenberg. 2008. Macrobenthic community structure in a high-productivity region: Upper Campanian Mishash Formation (Israel). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 261:58-77 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |