Kitim section (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (32.4° N, 35.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 13.0° N, 39.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wadi As Sir Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Oezer and F. Ahmad. 2015. Cenomanian–Turonian rudist (bivalvia) lithosomes from NW of Jordan. Journal of African Earth Sciences 107:119-133 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175562: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 14.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848 rudist
"Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae