CENTRAL JORDAN

NEAR EL-HUSEINIYAH AND EL-HASHIMIYAH VILLAGES

WADI FALQA

"HUSEINIYAH"

TOP OF THE WADI UMM GHUDRAN FORMATION

UPPER SANTONIAN STAGE

LOWER SENONIAN SUBEPOCH

LOWER GULF EPOCH

EARLY LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960

SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758

COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

MAGNORDER: PLEURODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

ORDER: PLEURODIRIDA COPE, 1864

SUBORDER: EUPLEURODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

Superfamily: PELOMEDUSOIDES Cope, 1868 Cope, 1868

Family: PELOMEDUSIDAE Cope, 1868

Subfamily: PELOMEDUSINAE Cope, 1868

*Karkaemys arabicus

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