Where: Jordan (31.6° N, 37.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 32.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wadi Esh-Shallala Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, pebbly, gray, calcareous phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: I. S. Zalmout, H. A. Mustafa, and P. D. Gingerich. 2000. Priabonian Basilosaurus isis (Cetacea) from the Wadi Esh-Shallala Formation: First marine mammal from the Eocene of Jordan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):201-204 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32899: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale | |
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Helicosphaera | |
Helicosphaera sp.2 Kamptner 1954 | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Chiasmolithus oamaruensis2 Deflandre 1954
Chiasmolithus grandis2 Bramlette and Riedel 1954 | |
Scyphosphaera sp.2 Lohmann 1902 | |
Neococcolithes dubius2 Deflandre and Fert 1954 | |
Coccolithus eopelagicus2, Coccolithus pelagicus2, Cyclococcolithus formosus2, Zygrhablithus bijugatus2, Discoaster barbadiensis2, Discoaster binodosus2, Discoaster saipanensis2, Discoaster tani2
Coccolithus pelagicus2 Wallich 1877
Cyclococcolithus formosus2 Kamptner 1963
Zygrhablithus bijugatus2 Deflandre and Fert 1954 | |
Lanternithus minutus2 Stradner 1962 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Reticulofenestra sp.2 Hay et al. 1966 | |
Reticulofenestra umbilicus | |
Reticulofenestra umbilicus2 Levin 1965 |