Wadi Zerka Ma'in (Triassic of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (31.6° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° S, 35.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Considered contemporary to the Early Triassic Werfen Formation (Cox 1932)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. S. Blake; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1932. Further notes on the Trans-Jordan Trias. Journal of Natural History 10(55):93-113 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202321: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) aurita" = Claraia aurita
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) aurita" = Claraia aurita Hauer 1850 scallop
One left (L. 57447) and three right (L. 57448-50) valves
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
"Myophoria laevigata" = Neoschizodus laevigatus, "Myophoria praeorbicularis" = Neoschizodus praeorbicularis
"Myophoria laevigata" = Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
'Several moulds' (L. 57450)
"Myophoria praeorbicularis" = Neoschizodus praeorbicularis Bittner 1901 clam
'Several moulds' (L. 57449-50)
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Anodontophora fassaensis" = Unionites fassaensis
"Anodontophora fassaensis" = Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam
One left and one right valve (L. 57449-50)
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula tenuissima" = Lingularia tenuissima
"Lingula tenuissima" = Lingularia tenuissima Bronn 1837
'Numerous specimens (L. 72670-2)