ammonites

Nahal Qazra: Late/Upper Campanian, Israel
collected by Lewy

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Israel State/province:Southern District
Coordinates: 30.6° North, 35.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.6° North, 30.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
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:83.5 - 70.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mihash Member:Phosphate
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the Phosphorite Unit of the Phosphate Mbr; "lower" level
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Lewy
Collection method comments: Geological Survey of Israel
Metadata
Database number:92195
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-03 06:04:02 Last modified:2009-11-03 06:04:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-03 06:04:02
Reference information
Primary reference:
31051 Z. Lewy, A. C. Milner, and C. Patterson. 1992. Remarkably preserved natural endocranial casts of pterosaur and fish from the Late Cretaceous of Israel. GSI Current Research 7:31-35 [R. Butler/R. Butler]