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Two New Holothurian Sclerite Genera from the Late Cretaceous of Jordan

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Title: Two New Holothurian Sclerite Genera from the Late Cretaceous of Jordan

Authors: Walid Sadeddin, Mahmoud Al-Tamimi

Journal: Journal of Applied Sciences

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Publisher: Asian Network for Scientific Information (ANSInet)

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2006

Volume: 6

Issue: 11

Language: English

DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2426.2431

Categories
Geology (2332) Paleobiology (3) Biology (2072) Zoology (4980) Paleontology (312)

Abstract

Two new genera Septapedatus and Octopedatus assigned to the family Priscpedatidae Frizzle and Exline, 1955, picked from the nodular limestone beds of the Shueib Formation Late Cenomanian - Early Turonian in Salhoub area, N Jordan. Related to these 2 new genera, 2 new species, Septapedatus palestiniansis and Octopedatus densusmaculis are illustrated and described in this study. The present material is recovered from the same locality and include 40 species, most of them are new.

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