Wadi Nimr R1: Bathonian, Jordan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) wilderriensis
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26 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Proconulidae
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Proconulus sp.
Cossmann 1918
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Osborn 1905 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Homomya hortulana
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Osborn 1905 | 29 individuals | ||||||||
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Pholadomya lirata
(Sowerby 1818)
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117 individuals | |||||||||
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Pholadomya acuminata
Hartmann 1830
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17 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya excentrica
(Roemer 1836)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Ceratomyopsis striata
(d'Orbigny 1822)
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Osborn 1905 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Mactromyopsis varicosa
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23 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Arcomytilus laitmairensis
(de Loriol 1883)
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22 individuals | |||||||||
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Inoperna sp.
Conrad 1873
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Osborn 1905 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Modiolus imbricatus
(Sowerby 1818)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys textoria
(Schlotheim 1820)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma informal sp.A
Sowerby 1814
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17 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Africogryphaea costellata
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1650 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus asiaticus
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57 individuals | |||||||||
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Eligmus rollandi
Douvillé 1907
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380 individuals | |||||||||
| 92 of 380 individuals are var. jabbokensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Daghanirhynchia informal sp.A
Muir-Wood 1935
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362 individuals | |||||||||
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Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis
Muir-Wood 1935
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Osborn 1905 | 360 individuals | ||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Eudesiidae
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Eudesia (Xenorina) sp.
King 1850
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47 individuals | |||||||||
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Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis
Cooper 1989
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828 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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Cererithyris jordanensis
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135 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Lobothyrididae
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Tubithyris chouberti
Rousselle 1965
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83 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Jordan |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° 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 |
| Stage: | Bathonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bathonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: bedded medium sandstone with thalassinoides | |||
| 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: | 35669 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | S. Hicks, F. Fursich |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-04 07:59:12 | Last modified: | 2017-08-01 19:12:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-04 07:59:12 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 9259 | H. F. Osborn. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaurs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |