Deir-Alla 1 D4: Bajocian, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia informal sp. A Muir-Wood 1935
7 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis Cooper 1989
66 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Cererithyris jabbokensis (Muir-Wood 1925)
65 individuals
synonym of Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Tubithyris chouberti Rousselle 1965
357 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Phyllocheilus (Phyllocheilus) cf. pictaviensis
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864
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:D4
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified floatstone
Lithology description: floatstone
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:35551
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-12-21 09:42:55 Last modified:2017-08-01 19:12:00
Access level:the public Released:2003-12-21 09:42:55
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]