Deir-Alla D7: Bajocian, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea perstriata
25 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata (Sowerby 1818)
29 individuals
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis (Gillieron 1886)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida
Regulifer sp.
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus asiaticus
17 individuals
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia informal sp. A Muir-Wood 1935
75 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis Cooper 1989
35 individuals
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) bramkampi Cooper 1989
1 individual
synonym of Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Monsardithyris ventricosa (Hartmann 1830)
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Cererithyris jordanensis
171 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Jordan
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.9° North, 30.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bajocian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bajocian
Age range of interval:170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Azab Formation:Dhahab
Local section:Deir-Alla Local bed:D7
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified wackestone
Lithology description: oo-wackestone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:35356
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-12-05 07:00:02 Last modified:2017-07-31 19:13:43
Access level:the public Released:2003-12-05 07:00:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9529. F. Ahmad. 1998. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the benthic macroinvertebrate fauna from the Middle Jurassic of northwestern Jordan. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]