Hagal Stream HF1 (Miocene of Israel)

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

• calcarenite with loose-densely packed shells

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

• some genera mentioned in text, but not associated with published counts
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsidae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 snail
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Thiaridae indet. Troschel 1857 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae indet. Gray 1857 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cochliopidae
Cochliopidae indet. Tryon 1866 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrenidae indet. Gray 1840 clam
or Sphaeriidae
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Dreissenidae indet. Gray 1840 clam
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Potamidae
Potamidae indet. Ortmann 1896 crab