Where: Israel (30.1° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° N, 29.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: 'The associated fauna of echinoids, bivalves and gastropods is very rich... Most of the material described was collected by the author in collaboration with Y. K. Bentor and A. Vroman and others.'; Museum repositories: HU

Primary reference: A. Parnes. 1964. Coniacian ammonites from the Negev (Southern Israel). Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin (39)1-41 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69831: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 08.03.2007