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, coarse-grained sandstone
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 35747: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 06.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Africogryphaea costellata oyster | |
Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis Cox 1925 clam |