Corals, Mughanniyya Formation, Tal el Dhahab (Jurassic of Jordan)

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

• the dominance of pennular corals with fenestrate septa suggest a comparatively deep environment well below fair weather wave base
• carbonate to siliciclastic rock sequence

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 83639: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 25.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina dubia
Stylina dubia Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum sp.
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Periseris cf. renevieri, Collignonastraea jumarensis, Microphyllia resanica
Periseris cf. renevieri Koby 1887 stony coral
Collignonastraea jumarensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Microphyllia resanica Alloiteau and Farag 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Microsolena variolata" = Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena aff. arishensis, Comoseris cf. meandrinoides, Chomatoseris sp., Chomatoseris iranensis, Trochoplegma sp., Trochoplegma tenuilamellosa
"Microsolena variolata" = Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Microsolena aff. arishensis Alloiteau and Farag 1964 stony coral
Comoseris cf. meandrinoides Michelin 1843 stony coral
Chomatoseris sp. Thomas 1935 stony coral
Chomatoseris iranensis Flügel 1966 stony coral
Trochoplegma sp. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Trochoplegma tenuilamellosa Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae
Craterastraea cf. crateriformis
Craterastraea cf. crateriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral