Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation
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Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation
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The Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation or Muwaqqar Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and early Paleocene-aged geological formation and Konservat-Lagerstätte in Jordan, cropping out across the Jordanian plateau. A locality in Harrana contains extremely well-preserved fossils that were deposited during the latest Maastrichtian, around 67-66 million years ago. It was one of the last lagerstatten to be deposited before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The preservation is akin to th
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2024-09-15T21:54:02Z
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2024-09-15T22:28:44Z
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