Bir Khweilfe: Tortonian, Israel
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum
(Brocchi 1814)
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| recombined as Europicardium multicostatum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus (Circomphalus) plicatus
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| var. dertonensis | ||||||||||
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Callistotapes vetulus
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| spelled with current rank as Paphia (Callistotapes) | ||||||||||
| and var. pedemontana | ||||||||||
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Callista chione
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella divaricata
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Lucina (Linga) columbella
(Lamarck 1818)
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| recombined as Linga (Linga) columbella | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Israel |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° North, 34.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 34.1° 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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 99606 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-16 21:39:05 | Last modified: | 2010-11-16 04:39:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-16 21:39:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34255. | G. S. Blake. 1935. On the occurrence of marine Miocene in Palestine. Geological Magazine 72:140-142 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |