Where: Jordan (32.5° N, 35.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 138.9° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burj Limestone Formation, Caerfai (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, gray limestone
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: Collection was loaned to G. A. Cooper by H. B. Whittington of the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge University, England. The specimens were originally interpretted by B.R. King, but were reinterpretted by G. A. Cooper.
Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1976. Lower Cambrian brachiopods from the Rift Valley (Isreal and Jordan). Journal of Paleontology 50(2):269-289 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86710: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Kutorginata | |
Trematosia radifer Richter and Richter 1941 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Psiloria alata King 1923 |