Where: Israel (32.6° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 34.9° E)
When: Bira Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• HF 1 at approximately 5 meters in local section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. G. Rozenbaum, D. Shaked Gelband, M. Stein, H. K. Mienis, and R. Rabinovich. 2017. First evidence of “ancient deer” (cervid) in the late Miocene Bira Formation, Northern Israel. PLoS ONE 12(e0185268):1-16 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 197657: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 21.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Melanopsidae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
Thiaridae indet. Troschel 1857 snail | |
Bithyniidae indet. Gray 1857 snail | |
Cochliopidae indet. Tryon 1866 snail | |
Planorbidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Neritidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Dreissenidae indet. Gray 1840 clam | |
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Malacostraca | |
Potamidae indet. Ortmann 1896 crab |