King Talal dam T1: Middle Jurassic, Jordan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Stomopneustoida
- Stomechinidae
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Polycyphus sp.
Agassiz and Desor 1846
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Daghanirhynchia informal sp. A
Muir-Wood 1935
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Eudesiidae
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Eudesia magharensis
Farag 1960
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| recombined as Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Lissajousithyrididae
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Monsardithyris ventricosa
(Hartmann 1830)
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Cererithyris jabbokensis
(Muir-Wood 1925)
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| synonym of Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Coelostylinidae
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Coelostylina sp.
Kittl 1894
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Gastropoda
- Purpurinidae
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Purpuroidea perstriata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys textoria
(Schlotheim 1820)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus rollandi
Douvillé 1907
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| var. jabbokensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pterioida
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Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis
(Cox 1925)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia africana
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya wimmisensis
(Gillieron 1886)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Homomya hortulana
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Jordan |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 35.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° North, 30.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 174.70000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Azab | Formation: | Mughanniyya |
| Local section: | King Talal dam | Local bed: | T1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: silt | |||
| 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 excludes: | all microfossils,ichnofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35357 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | F. Fursich |
| Modifier: | S. Hicks | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-05 07:30:19 | Last modified: | 2004-01-04 11:58:14 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2003-12-05 07:30:19 |
| 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] |