IGM-3513 Urqub As Saqla, Az Zarqa area, Hummar Formation (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 29.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hummar Formation (Ajlun Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified dolomite

• gray limestone, dolomitic limestone and dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. C. Perrilliat, F. Ahmad, and F. J. Vega. 2006. Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) bivalves from northern Jordan, Middle East. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 23(1):96-106 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66789: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

• Corals, rudists, echinoids and microfossils reported to be present, but not listed.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula cf. ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi, "Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula cf. ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam