Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 30.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dhahab Formation (Azab Group), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: F. Ahmad. 1998. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the benthic macroinvertebrate fauna from the Middle Jurassic of northwestern Jordan. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35323: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.11.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Douvillé 1916 | |
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935
Daghanirhynchia subversabilis Weir 1925
Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987 | |
Gastropoda | |
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam | |
Integricardium cf. triboleti cockle
Integricardium sp. Rollier 1912 cockle | |
Ceratomyopsis "sp. A" Cossmann 1915 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam
Homomya hortulana clam
Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel | |
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster | |
Africogryphaea costellata oyster | |
Eligmus asiaticus oyster | |
Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862 file clam | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria, Eopecten velatus
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop |