Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.4° 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 dolomite
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 35376: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 08.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Eudesia (Xenorina) sp. King 1850 | |
Daghanirhynchia "sp. A" Muir-Wood 1935 |