Section 10, Batn El Ghoul area (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (29.8° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° N, 28.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: FHS Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• FHS Formation

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; silty claystone and sandstone

• lower shoreface settings

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: R. Berndt. 2004. Palaeoecology and taxonomy of the macrobenthic fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Ajlun Group, southern Jordan. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154973: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 26.03.2014

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella cf. subacuta pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella sp. Chavan 1946 pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam