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
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 | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935 | |
Monsardithyris sp., "Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
Monsardithyris sp. Alméras 1970
"Cererithyris jabbokensis" = Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata Suess 1856 |