Wadi Nimr R6 (Jurassic of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 30.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hamam Formation (Azab Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone

• bedded coarse sandstone

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 35673: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 04.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Monsardithyris sp., "Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
Monsardithyris sp. Alméras 1970
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856