Section 5, Ras En Naqb area, Wadi As Sir Fm. (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (29.9° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 28.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wadi As Sir Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; claystone and sandstone

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 154978: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 26.03.2014

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus (Musculus) sp. Moore 1983 mussel