Wadi Al Bisseh (Oligocene of Jordan)

Where: Al Azraq, Jordan (31.5° N, 36.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 32.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, white limestone

• White to light grey chalky sheet-like, fractured limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Zachos, A. Smadi, and F. Ahmad. 2008. Oligocene Echinoids from Wadi Al Ghadaf, Jordan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114(1):41-49 [J. Alroy/A. Doyle]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121549: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Amanda Doyle on 07.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus meslei heart urchin
One medium sized specimen
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster biarritzensis sand dollar
Two medium sized test specimens
 Clypeasteroida - Astriclypeidae
Amphiope sp. Agassiz 1840 sand dollar
Two relatively large fragments
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas cherichirensis sea urchin
92 relatively entire specimens