TRIASSIC CONODONTS FROM SINAI AND PALESTINE

The Triassic conodonts found in Sinai, Egypt, and discussed in a brief paper in 1946 are described and illustrated for the first time. The assemblage is characterized by Pseudofurnishius murcianus, Epigondolella mungoensis, and Enantiognathus ziegleri of late Middle Triassic (Ladinian) age. The collections were recovered from shale beds overlying a carbonate section rich in Middle Triassic megafossils. A similar collection from correlative Middle Triassic beds in Israel is also described, as are conodonts from an additional sample from higher in the section, determined as Upper Triassic (Carnian) on the basis of Meta- polygnathus polygnathiformis. Interest in the collections lies in the fact that the conodonts are believed to be the first unequivocal Triassic conodonts found and recognized as such.