ammonites
Deir-Alla 1 D15 (Jurassic of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (32.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 30.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dhahab Formation (Azab Group), Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified packstone

• dolomitic packstone

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/F. Fursich] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35375: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 08.12.2003