Nahal Ha'mearot, rudist reef (Cretaceous to of Israel)

Also known as Reef 1155

Where: Israel (32.7° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 29.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yagur Formation, Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified floatstone

• The reef complex is 130 m thick, 300 m wide and 1300 m long.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Ross. 1992. Sedimentology and depositional profile of a mid-Cretaceous shelf edge reef complex, Nahal Ha'mearot, northwestern Israel. Sedimentary Geology 79:161-172 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74182: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
"Eoradiolites lyratus" = Eoradiolites liratus
"Eoradiolites lyratus" = Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist