NW Amman, Sample 1 (Cretaceous to of Jordan)

Where: Amman, Jordan (32.0° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 30.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kurnub Sandstone Formation, Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified claystone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: F. Ahmad, A. Abu Hamad, and M. Obeidat. 2012. Palynological study of the Early Cretaceous Kurnub Sandstone Formation, Mahis area, Central Jordan. Acta Palaeobotanica 52(2):303-315 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 169679: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 01.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Concavisporites
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Trilobosporites
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Trilobosporites "sp." PotoniƩ 1956
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites "sp." Potonie and Gelletich 1933
  - Polypodiaceae
Pteridopsida
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Equisetopsida
 Cupressales - Pinidae
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Balmeiopsis limbata Archangelsky 1979
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965