JM Journal of Micropalaeontology JM J. Micropalaeontol. 2041-4978 GSL Publishing Göttingen, Germany 10.1144/jm.6.2.41 Combined ostracod and planktonic foraminiferal biozonation of the Late Coniacian – Early Maastrichtian in Israel Honigstein Avraham Almogi–labin Ahuva Rosenfeld Amnon Tel-Aviv University, Department of Geophysics & Planetary Science, Tel Aviv 69978, Department of Geology, Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 & Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St., Jerusalem 95501, Israel 01 11 1987 6 2 17 Copyright: © 1987 Avraham Honigstein et al. 1987 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is available from https://jm.copernicus.org/articles/6/17/1987/jm-6-17-1987.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://jm.copernicus.org/articles/6/17/1987/jm-6-17-1987.pdf

The distribution and zonation of planktonic foraminifera and ostracods during the Late Coniacian – Early Maastrichtian succession in Israel was studied in detail from six surface sections. The combination of contemporaneous biozones led to a more accurate age determination of the local ostracod zones, according to the Tethyan planktonic foraminiferal zonation. The configuration of the biozones of both taxa presents more datum lines for stratigraphic correlation of the Senonian strata of Israel. Three new ostracod species were described from Campanian sediments: <i>Cytherelloidea zinensis, Loxoconcha hebraica</i> and <i>Cristaeleberis ordinata.</i>

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