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: Hamam Formation (Azab Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 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 35745: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 06.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Proconulus sp. Cossmann 1918 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis Cox 1925 clam | |
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Eligmus asiaticus oyster | |
Africogryphaea costellata oyster | |
Pholadomya acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Burmirhynchia cf. termierae Rousselle 1965
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935 | |
"Eudesia magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis, Eudesia modesta
"Eudesia magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960 | |
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856 |