Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mughanniyya Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; carbonate and siliciclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, original aragonite, replaced with calcite
Collected by F. Ahmad
• material has been deposited in the collections of the Institut für Paläontologie der Universität Würzburg
Primary reference: D. K. Pandey, F. Ahmad, and F. T. Fürsich. 2000. Middle Jurassic scleractinian corals from northwestern Jordan. Beringeria 27:3-29 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83637: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 25.08.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Isastrea cf. propinqua Etallon 1864 stony coral | |
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Microsolena aff. arishensis, "Microsolena variolata" = Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena amorpha, Microsolena aff. sadeki, Chomatoseris iranensis, Tricycloseris aff. triangularis, Trochoplegma tenuilamellosa, Dimorpharaea stellans
Microsolena aff. arishensis Alloiteau and Farag 1964 stony coral
"Microsolena variolata" = Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Microsolena amorpha Gregory 1900 stony coral
Microsolena aff. sadeki Alloiteau and Farag 1964 stony coral
Chomatoseris iranensis Flügel 1966 stony coral
Tricycloseris aff. triangularis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Trochoplegma tenuilamellosa Gregory 1900 stony coral
Dimorpharaea stellans Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Periseris cf. renevieri Koby 1887 stony coral | |
Axosmilia cf. sessilis Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral | |
Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Stylina dubia Alloiteau 1958 stony coral |