Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
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 35666: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 03.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Tubithyris chouberti Rousselle 1965 | |
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856 | |
Daghanirhynchia cf. subversabilis Weir 1925 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam | |
Inoperna sp. Conrad 1873 mussel | |
Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis Cox 1925 clam | |
Eligmus asiaticus oyster
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
Actinostreon costatum oyster | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop |