AZ 6, Wadi Usaykhim, Al Azraq (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (31.9° N, 37.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 30.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Maastrichtian age based on foraminifera (and consistent with ammonites)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SMF

Primary reference: T. Al-Harithi and K. Ibrahim. 1992. Some Cephalopoda from Maastrichtian outcrops of Wadi Usaykhim, Al Azraw area in east Jordan. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 71:427-437 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166346: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite