Arda A2: Bajocian, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya hortulana
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Tubithyris chouberti Rousselle 1965
546 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Cererithyris jabbokensis (Muir-Wood 1925)
125 individuals
synonym of Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
see common names

Geography
Country:Jordan
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 35.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.9° North, 30.4° 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:Silal
Local section:Arda Local bed:A2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified wackestone
Lithology description: dolomitic 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:35702
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:S. Hicks
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-05 09:43:08 Last modified:2017-08-01 19:13:58
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-05 09:43:08
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]