Sample HU4, Wadi Huni section (Jurassic of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 30.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• about 30m above sample HU3

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray wackestone and lithified marl

• micritic gray limestone intercalated between marls.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: H. Kozur and W. Sadeddin. 1990. Holothurian Sclerites from the Middle Jurassic of Wadi Huni, Northwest Jordan. Micropaleontology 36(4):353-366 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 94010: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Holothuroidea
  - Etheridgellidae
Frizzellus donofrioi
Frizzellus donofrioi Kozur and Sadeddin 1990 sea cucumber
 Molpadiida - Exlinellidae
Pseudoexlinella bifurcata
Pseudoexlinella bifurcata Kozur and Sadeddin 1990 sea cucumber
  - Priscopedatidae
Helfriedella mesojurassica, Spinopriscopedatus aegyptiacus
Helfriedella mesojurassica Kozur and Sadeddin 1990 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Theelia convexa
Theelia convexa Whidborne 1883 sea cucumber