ammonites
Arda A23 (Jurassic of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (32.1° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 30.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hamam Formation (Azab Group), Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified marl

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 35740: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 06.01.2004, edited by Franz Fursich