Where: Israel (32.0° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 35.7° E)

When: Arqov Formation, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• Ostracodes were found in samples of the Arqov Formation between 5500 and 5905m, with the richest samples in the intervals 5620-5702m and 5850-5859m, respectively. Most specimens were found in the lower and middle parts of the Arqov Formation, whereas ostracodes are relatively rare in the upper part of this formation.

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Honigstein, A. Rosenfeld, and B. Derin. 2005. Late Permian ostracodes: new subsurface material from Israel. Micropaleontology 51(5):405-422 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95762: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2010

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