Deir-Alla 1 D20: Bajocian, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Eudesia (Xenorina) sp. King 1850
53 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus (Musculus) sp. Moore 1983
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma informal sp. A Sowerby 1814
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
7 individuals
recombined as Chlamys textoria
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus asiaticus
56 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) lirata (Sowerby 1818)
105 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia informal sp. B Munier-Chalmas 1863
1 individual
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864
1 individual
Ceratomya wimmisensis (Gillieron 1886)
7 individuals
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822
29 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843
7 individuals
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea minax
52 individuals
Purpuroidea perstriata
241 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Jordan
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.9° North, 30.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bajocian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bajocian
Age range of interval:170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Azab Formation:Dhahab
Local section:Deir-Alla Local bed:D20
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified floatstone
Lithology description: bioclastic floatstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:35355
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-12-05 06:17:29 Last modified:2017-07-31 19:13:36
Access level:the public Released:2003-12-05 06:17:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9529. F. Ahmad. 1998. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the benthic macroinvertebrate fauna from the Middle Jurassic of northwestern Jordan. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]