Deir-Alla 2 B4: Callovian, Jordan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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Cererithyris bihinensis
(Weir 1929)
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24 individuals | ||||||
| recombined as Arabatia bihinensis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania sp.
Pictet and Campiche 1862
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8 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus asiaticus
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36 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Anisocardia informal sp.
Munier-Chalmas 1863
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya concentrica
Sowerby 1822
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21 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Homomya vezelayi
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9 individuals | ||||||
| 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 |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Azab | Formation: | Mughanniyya |
| Local section: | Deir-Alla | Local bed: | B4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified wackestone | ||
| Lithology description: marley 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: | 35471 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | F. Fursich |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-17 04:51:31 | Last modified: | 2017-08-01 19:09:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-17 04:51:31 |
| 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] |