Tal el Dhahab S2: Bathonian, Jordan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Acromytilus laitmairensis
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47 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Lissajousithyrididae
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Cererithyris jabbokensis
(Muir-Wood 1925)
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216 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Eudesiidae
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Eudesia modesta
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Eudesia magharensis
Farag 1960
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186 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Daghanirhynchia informal sp.A
Muir-Wood 1935
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687 individuals | |||||||||
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Burmirhynchia cf. termierae
Rousselle 1965
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Proconulidae
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Proconulus sp.
Cossmann 1918
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya acuminata
Hartmann 1830
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Africogryphaea costellata
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1352 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus asiaticus
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Eligmus rollandi
Douvillé 1907
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33 individuals | |||||||||
| var.jabbokensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys textoria
(Schlotheim 1820)
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22 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pterioida
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Gryphaeligmus jabbokensis
(Cox 1925)
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545 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: | Bathonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bathonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Azab | Formation: | Hamam |
| Local section: | Tal el Dhahab | Local bed: | T2 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone | ||
| Lithology description: bioturbated lime mudstone | |||
| 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: | 35745 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | S. Hicks, F. Fursich |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-06 02:33:52 | Last modified: | 2017-08-01 19:15:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-06 02:33:52 |
| 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] |