Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dhahab Formation (Azab Group), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 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 35703: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 05.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Burmirhynchia termierae Rousselle 1965
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935 | |
Monsardithyris sp., "Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
Monsardithyris sp. Alméras 1970
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Africogryphaea costellata oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle |