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Wadi el Malih, Haifa District, Israel
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.45,34.8833 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Haifa District, Israel |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Wadi el Malih | Estes R., Spinar Z. V., et al (1978) | Tayasir | "Subunit 15, Tuff Member; 44-45 m above base of Tayasir Volcanics" specimens are "unequally distributed throughout the 1.5-m laminated shale layer" formation is "Hauterivian or Barremian" and specimens are from the lower part of the formation and therefore "may be Hauterivian" | "shale" | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Plantae kingdom | Plantae | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Gondwablatta abrahami species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Mesoblattinidae : Gondwablatta : Gondwablatta abrahami | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Cretosperchus medievalis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Hydrophilidae : Cretosperchus : Cretosperchus medievalis | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Odonata order | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Ostracoda class | Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Leptolepides sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Orthogonikleithridae : Leptolepides | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Shomronella jordanica species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Pipidae : Shomronella : Shomronella jordanica | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!