Wadi Nimr R12 (Jurassic of Jordan)

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

• dolomitic 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
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten velatus, "Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Burmirhynchia moulani, "Burmirhynchia nazeri" = Colpotoria nazeri
Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Burmirhynchia nazeri" = Colpotoria nazeri Alméras 1987