Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 30.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dhahab Formation (Azab Group), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified floatstone
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 35355: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 05.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Eudesia (Xenorina) sp. King 1850 | |
Bivalvia | |
Musculus (Musculus) sp. Moore 1983 mussel | |
Eligmus asiaticus oyster | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Plagiostoma "sp. A" Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864 clam
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam | |
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
Anisocardia "sp. B" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Purpuroidea minax periwinkle
Purpuroidea perstriata periwinkle |