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 35356: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 05.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Daghanirhynchia "sp. A" Muir-Wood 1935 | |
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides, Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Douvillé 1916
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis Cooper 1989 | |
Monsardithyris ventricosa Hartmann 1830 | |
Gastropoda | |
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
Regulifer sp. clam | |
Eligmus asiaticus oyster
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam |