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Nahal Aqrav, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.595,34.655 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Nahal Aqrav, Wadi Akbar (coord. 1170/0008) | Parnes A. (1964) | Late Turonian or Earliest Coniacian (now considered Late Turonian only) | "limestone" | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Rachiosoma sp. genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Glyphocyphidae : Rachiosoma | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Coenholectypus sp. genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Holectypoida : Holectypidae : Coenholectypus | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Clypeopygus sp. genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Nucleolitidae : Clypeopygus | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Hemiaster sp. genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Hemiasteridae : Hemiaster | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Coilopoceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coilopoceratidae : Coilopoceras | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Parnes A. (1964) Coniacian ammonites from the Negev (Southern Israel), Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin 39, 1-41 |
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!