South Jordan, Fp 85/368 (Silurian of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (30.3° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 54.4° S, 122.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: gregarius - convolutus zone, Conularia Sandstone Formation, Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)

• the absolute uppermost parts of the "Conularien-Sandsteine." According to Harland 1989, the zones listed above are in the Aeronian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, burrowed sandstone and shale

• [Reference is in German] Fine grained sandstones and sandy shales (Feinsandsteinen und sandigen Schiefertonen). Trace fossils (Lebensspuren), 2 cm thick rocksalt layers and lenses (Steinsalzlagen und -linsen).

Primary reference: R. Wolfart, F. Bender, and V. Stein. 1968. Stratigraphie und Fauna des Ober-Ordoviziums (Caradoc - Ashgill) and Unter-Silurs (Unter-Llandovery) von Sudjordanien. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Beihefte 85:517-551 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3280: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 28.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. jellyfish
"sp. sp. gen. et sp. indet."
Conodonta
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Spathognathodus sp.
Spathognathodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1941 conodont
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
"gen. et sp. indet."