Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) bivalves from northern Jordan, Middle East

Twelve species of bivalves are described for the Upper Cretaceous Ajlun Group of northern Jordan.The specimens were collected in three localities of the Fuheis (?middle to late Cenomanian), Hummar(late Cenomanian), and Shuayb (early Turonian) formations. Some of the species here described arereporte...

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Autores: Fayez Ahmad, María del Carmen Perrilliat, Francisco J. Vega
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57230107
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57230107
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias de la Tierra
Bivalvia
Middle East
northern Jordan
Upper Cretaceous
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Sumario:Twelve species of bivalves are described for the Upper Cretaceous Ajlun Group of northern Jordan.The specimens were collected in three localities of the Fuheis (?middle to late Cenomanian), Hummar(late Cenomanian), and Shuayb (early Turonian) formations. Some of the species here described arereported for the fi rst time in Jordan and confi rm Tethyan paleobiogeographic affi nities.