Where: Jordan (31.0° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 30.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• At the top of the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation, 3-4 meters below its contact with the overlying Campanian Amman Formation
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. S. Zalmout, H. A. Mustafa, and J. A. Wilson. 2005. Karkaemys arabicus, a new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation of Karak, Jordan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(6):155-177 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 83312: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Karkaemys arabicus n. gen. n. sp." = Bothremys arabicus
"Karkaemys arabicus n. gen. n. sp." = Bothremys arabicus Zalmout et al. 2005 sideneck turtle YUP-HUS 100 - holotype (a nearly complete skull lacking lower jaws, found in association with a plastron, caudal vertebrae, partial pelvis, and partial femur, tibia, and fibula)
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