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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite |