Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Huni Dolomite Formation, Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: T. Al-Harithi. 1997. Eligmus jordanensis, a new pelecypod species from the Upper Bathonian surface section at the King Talal's Dam area in central Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1997(10):596-604 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50105: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.05.2005
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Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Nodosariata | |
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839 | |
Ostracoda | |
Zerqacythere huniensis ostracod | |
Acanthocythere bakeri ostracod | |
"Ektyphocythere sp." = Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere)
"Ektyphocythere sp." = Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere) ostracod | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Burmirhynchia tumida" = Kallirhynchia concinna, Cymatorhynchia quadriplicata
"Burmirhynchia tumida" = Kallirhynchia concinna Sowerby 1815 | |
"Eudesia cardium" = Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium
"Eudesia cardium" = Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium Lamarck 1819 | |
"Heimia jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
"Heimia jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856 | |
Avonothyris jordanensis Muir-Wood 1925 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Modiolus impricatus mussel | |
Africogryphaea costellata oyster | |
Eligmus jordanensis n. sp., Eligmus asiaticus
Eligmus jordanensis n. sp. oyster
Eligmus asiaticus oyster | |
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
Pholadomya (Homomya) gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
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Echinoidea | |
Holectypus depressus sea urchin |