Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mughanniyya Formation (Azab Group), Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified siltstone
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 35357: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 05.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Polycyphus sp. Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata, Monsardithyris ventricosa
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856
Monsardithyris ventricosa Hartmann 1830 | |
"Eudesia magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis
"Eudesia magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960 | |
Daghanirhynchia "sp. A" Muir-Wood 1935 | |
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis Cox 1925 clam | |
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Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Protocardia africana cockle | |
Homomya hortulana clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail | |
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle |