Ras en Naqb section, zone δ (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (29.9° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 28.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Early?-Upper Cenomanian

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. Kuss and M. A. Conrad. 1991. Calcareous Algae from Cretaceous Carbonates of Egypt, Sinai, and Southern Jordan. Journal of Paleontology 65(5) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148296: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudorhapidionina casertana
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Salpingoporella hasi, Salpingoporella aff. hispanica, Salpingoporella cf. milanovici, Suppiluliumaella aff. schroederi
 Dasycladales -
Praturlonella jordanica
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
Biconcava benthori
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
Cuneolina pavonia
 Textulariina - Nezzazatidae
Nezzazata conica, Nezzazata gyra
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Biplanata peneropliformis, Pseudolituonella reicheli, Valvulammina sp.
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Chrysalidina gradata
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Trochospira avnmimelechi