Arda A18 (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 wackestone

• dolomitic wackestone

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 35706: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 05.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia "sp.A" Muir-Wood 1935
Burmirhynchia termierae Rousselle 1965
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) angustata" = Sphriganaria costata, Eudesia (Sphriganaria) subcircularis
"Eudesia (Sphriganaria) angustata" = Sphriganaria costata Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Tubithyris chouberti Rousselle 1965
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam