Tal el Dhahab S2 (Jurassic of Jordan)

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

• bioturbated 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
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Gastropoda
 Turbinoidea - Proconulidae
Proconulus sp. Cossmann 1918 snail
Bivalvia
 Pterioida -
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster
var.jabbokensis
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
"Eudesia magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856