IGM-3515 Jabal ar Ruhayd, Az Zarqa area, Fuheis Formation (Cretaceous to of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 29.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fuheis Formation (Ajlun Group), Middle Cenomanian to Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• ?Middle-Late Cenomanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl and lithified limestone

• fossiliferous marls and marly limestones

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 66800: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

• Gastropods, echinoids, foraminifera and ostracods reported to be present, but not listed.
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis, "Exogyra flabellata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum, "Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum, "Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum, Rhynchostreon mermeti
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
"Exogyra flabellata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula cf. ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
"Plicatula cf. ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp.
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
? Inoceramus sp.
? Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca trigeri
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
? Rutitrigonia sp.
? Rutitrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya vignesi
Pholadomya vignesi Lartet 1877 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus reynesi, Dosinia delettrei
Venus reynesi venus clam
Dosinia delettrei venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp., Protocardia moabitica, "Cardium pauli" = Cardium (Protocardia) pauli
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium pauli" = Cardium (Protocardia) pauli Coquand 1862 cockle