Outhriate section, sample 12: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Jordan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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cf. Hauericeras sp.
de Grossouvre 1894
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Geography
| Country: | Jordan |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.0° North, 29.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Foram zone: | Gansserina gansseri |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Muwaqqar | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Nannofossil zone CC25b. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Yellowish to orange brown limestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, The Hashemite University | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178490 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-04 22:44:26 | Last modified: | 2016-05-04 22:44:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-04 22:44:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59057. | F. Ahmad, C. Ifrim, and S. Farouk. 2015. The last ammonoids of Jordan - implications from the Outhriate section. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 278:245-256 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |