Matmor Formation

Matmor Formation
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Matmor Formation (foreground and middle ground) in Hamakhtesh Hagadol, Israel
Type	Sedimentary
Underlies	Hatira Formation
Overlies	kidod Formation
Thickness	Up to 100 m (330 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Marl
Location
Region	Negev
Country	Israel
Extent	Southern Israel
Type section
Named for	Matmor, Israel
Named by	Hirsch & Roded
Year defined	1996

The Matmor Formation is a

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  Marls and limestones of the Matmor Formation exposed near the center of Makhtesh Gadol
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  Gastrochaenolites boring in a coral from the Matmor Formation
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  Calcarea sponge and encrusting crinoid

  from the Matmor Formation
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  Scleractinian coral from the Matmor Formation
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  Paracenoceras, a nautiloid from the Matmor Formation
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  Enallhelia, a scleractinian coral from the Matmor Formation
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  Fimbria sp.; a bivalve from the Matmor Formation
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  Amphiastrea Etallon 1859; a scleractinian coral from the Matmor Formation
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  Axosmilia, a scleractinian coral from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Israel; side view
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  Axosmilia, a scleractinian coral from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Israel; oral view
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  The scleractinian coral Microsolena from the Matmor Formation, Middle Jurassic, southern Israel
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  Epistreptophyllum, a scleractinian coral from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Israel; side view
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  Actinostreon spp. from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of Makhtesh Gadol, southern Israel
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  Mytilus (Falcimytilus) jurensis from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Matmor Formation of Makhtesh Gadol, southern Israel

References

Further reading

• Goldberg, M. (1963). "Reference section of Jurassic sequence in Hamakhtesh Hagadol (Kurnub Anticline). Detailed binocular sample description, including field observations." Israel Geological Survey, Unpublished Report, pp. 1–50.
• Grossowicz, L.P., Bassoullet, J.P., Hirsch, F., & Peri, M. (2000). "Jurassic large Foraminifera from Israel." Geol. Surv. Isr. Current Res, 12, 132-144.
• Hirsch, F., Bassoullet, J. P., Cariou, E., Conway, B., Feldman, H., Grossowicz, L., Honigstein, A., Owen, E. and Rosenfeld, A. (1998). "The Jurassic of the southern Levant. Biostratigraphy, palaeogeography and cyclic events." In: S. Crasquin-Soleau and E. Barrier (eds.), Peri- Tethys Memoir 4: Epicratonic basins of the Peri- Tethyan platforms. Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 179: 213-235.
• Hirsch, F.; Roded, A. (1996). "The Jurassic stratigraphic nomenclature in Hamakhtesh Hagadol, northern Negev". Geological Survey of Israel, Current Research. 10: 10–14.
• Hudson, R.G.S. (1958). "The Upper Jurassic faunas of southern Israel". Geological Magazine. 95 (5): 415–425.
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• Wilson, M.A.; Feldman, H.R.; Krivicich, E.B. (2010). "Bioerosion in an equatorial Middle Jurassic coral-sponge reef community (Callovian, Matmor Formation, southern Israel)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 289: 93–101.
  doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.019
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