Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 35.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 29.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Amber Member of the Subeihi Formation. Further west of the Zerqa river a horizon within the Amber Member or basal Jerash Member has been dated by the occurrence of the ammonite genus Knemiceras as of Albian age (Wetzel & Morton, 1959). Investigations of the sporomorph fauna from the Amber Member support these data (Al-Said & Mustafa, 1994).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Material in private collection of H.F. Kaddumi, Eternal River Museum of Natural History, Amman (ERMNH)
Primary reference: H. F. Kaddumi. 2007. Amber of Jordan. The Oldest Prehistoric Insects in Fossilized Resin 1-298 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124847: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Salticoididus kaddumiorum n. gen. n. sp.3 Wunderlich 2008 spider ERMNH ZRA 108 (Fam. indet., p. 55, figs 50A-B in Kaddumi, 2007)
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Zarqaraneus hudae n. gen. n. sp.3
Zarqaraneus hudae n. gen. n. sp.3 Wunderlich 2008 spider ERMNH ZRA 55 (indet. in Kaddumi 2005, fig 48 and 2007, p 55 figs 48.1, 49)
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Zarqagonomegops wunderlichi n. gen. n. sp.
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Insecta | |
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Jordanhemiphlebia electronica n. gen. n. sp.2
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Anthocephalinus yafaensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Cylapinae indet. Kirkaldy 1903 plant bug | |
Minutabythus jordanicus n. gen. n. sp.
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Nablusitypus wafaai n. gen. n. sp.
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"Paleospinosus hudae n. gen. n. sp." = Zorotypus (Octozoros) hudae1
"Paleospinosus hudae n. gen. n. sp." = Zorotypus (Octozoros) hudae1 Kaddumi 2005 winged insect ERMNH 69
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Compunctiotypus hudai n. gen. n. sp.
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Grandocularis kurnubinsi n. gen. n. sp.
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"Ardatermes hudaludi n. gen. n. sp." = Ardatermes kudaludi
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"Dabburatypus extinctus n. gen. n. sp." = Cretevania extincta
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Minutoma yathribi n. gen. n. sp., Platygastroidea indet.
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"Scelionidae indet." = Scelioninae
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"Microptera attiki n. gen. n. sp." = Jordanoscelio attiki
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Jurasiatypus cretatus n. gen. n. sp.
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Petratypus nigri n. gen. n. sp., Elateroidea indet.
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Staphylinidae indet., Scaphylinus ammanicus n. gen. n. sp.
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Bcharreglaris haddadini n. sp., Bcharreglaris amooni n. sp.
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Microdacno petraensis n. gen. n. sp., Palestinoptera salahi n. gen. n. sp.
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Libanochlites neocomicus Brundin 1976 non biting midge | |
Paleopsychoda palistinicus n. sp., Phlebotomus khludae n. sp.
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Jordanobotomus faigi n. gen. n. sp.
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Kurnubempis palistinicus n. gen. n. sp.
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Curvus khuludi n. gen. n. sp.
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Zarqacecidomyius singularis n. gen. n. sp.
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Microntos philadilphiaensis n. gen. n. sp.
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