Where: Jordan (30.3° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 55.3° S, 113.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Nautiloidea Sandstone Formation, Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

• Authors are confused: fauna seems Ordovician but lie above a definite Aeronian graptolite zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, burrowed, argillaceous sandstone

Primary reference: R. Wolfart, F. Bender, and V. Stein. 1968. Stratigraphie und Fauna des Ober-Ordoviziums (Caradoc - Ashgill) and Unter-Silurs (Unter-Llandovery) von Sudjordanien. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Beihefte 85:517-551 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3276: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 28.07.1999

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