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; 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 35667: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 04.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
Ceratomyopsis "sp.A" Cossmann 1915 clam | |
Protocardia africana cockle | |
Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis Cox 1925 clam | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856 | |
Eudesia bramkampi, Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis, "Eudesia magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis Cooper 1989
"Eudesia magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960 | |
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935 |