Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.4° 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 lime mudstone
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 35701: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 05.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle | |
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Eopecten velatus, "Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Eligmus asiaticus oyster | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) murchinsoni, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) douville, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) acuminata, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata, Homomya hortulana
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
Homomya hortulana clam | |
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Burmirhynchia moulani, "Burmirhynchia nazeri" = Colpotoria nazeri
Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Burmirhynchia nazeri" = Colpotoria nazeri Alméras 1987 |