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
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Bivalvia | |
Radiolitidae indet., "Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris
Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848 rudist
"Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist | |
Vaccinites rousseli rudist
Hippurites resectus rudist |