Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 30.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ramla Formation (Azab Group), Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone
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 35668: 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 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Africogryphaea costellata oyster | |
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960 | |
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935 |