Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Mughanniyya Formation (Azab Group), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 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 35471: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 17.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Eligmus asiaticus oyster | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Homomya vezelayi clam | |
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam | |
Anisocardia "sp." Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929 |