Arda A19: Bathonian, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Burmirhynchia termierae Rousselle 1965
1 individual
Daghanirhynchia informal sp.A Muir-Wood 1935
11 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) angustata Cooper 1989
27 individuals
synonym of Sphriganaria costata
Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis Cooper 1989
27 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Tubithyris chouberti Rousselle 1965
643 individuals
see common names

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
Geological group:Azab Formation:Hamam
Local section:Arda Local bed:A19
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Lithology description: dolomitic grainstone
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:35739
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:S. Hicks
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-06 01:27:12 Last modified:2016-07-08 17:23:50
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-06 01:27:12
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]