Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Mughanniyya Formation (Azab Group), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: F. Ahmad. 1998. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the benthic macroinvertebrate fauna from the Middle Jurassic of northwestern Jordan. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35700: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 05.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Protocardia africana cockle | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Homomya hortulana clam
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam | |
Thracia viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Arcomytilus laitmairensi mussel | |
Eonavicula trisulcata Muenster 1837 clam | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
"Lima (Plagiostoma) cf. schimperi" = Plagiostoma, "Plagiostoma "sp.A"" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) cf. schimperi" = Plagiostoma file clam
"Plagiostoma "sp.A"" = Plagiostoma Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster | |
Lopha (Actinostreon) eruca oyster
Eligmus asiaticus oyster | |
Actinostreon erucum oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Purpuroidea minax periwinkle
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle | |
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides, Eudesia (Xenorina) sp.
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Douvillé 1916
Eudesia (Xenorina) sp. King 1850 | |
Tubithyris chouberti Rousselle 1965 | |
Monsardithyris sp., "Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
Monsardithyris sp. Alméras 1970
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856 | |
Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987 |