'Ein Yabrud quarries (Cretaceous of Palestinian Territory)

Also known as Ein Jabrud

Where: Palestinian Territory (32.0° N, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 29.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Graysonites wooldridgei - Stoliczkaia amanai ammonoid zone, Bet Meir or Amminadav Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• formation assignment uncertain; PJW: zone misspelled as Graysonites wooldrigei in text. Was Early - Middle Cenomanian, but Yacobucci (2015 - Supplementary Table 1 : Information about this dataset) restricts this to Early Cenomanian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• low energy, shallow marine platform depositional environment, close to shore.
• fine grained, thin-bedded carbonates

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collected by Haas

Collection methods: bulk,

• The collection is said to contain several hundred specimens

Primary reference: G. Haas. 1978. A new turtle of the genus Podocnemis from the lower Cenomanian of 'Ein Yabrud. Israel Journal of Zoology 27:169-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11804: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 12.09.2001, edited by Jason Head, Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet.13 Brünnich 1772
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.13 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet.13 Cuvier 1797
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
"Graysonites wooldrigei" = Graysonites wacoense13
"Graysonites wooldrigei" = Graysonites wacoense13 Böse 1928 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
"Stoliczkaia amanai" = Stoliczkaiella13
"Stoliczkaia amanai" = Stoliczkaiella13 ammonite
Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet.13 pterosaur
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
"Podocnemis parva n. sp." = Algorachelus parvus10, "Podocnemis judaea n. sp." = Algorachelus parvus
"Podocnemis parva n. sp." = Algorachelus parvus10 Haas 1978 sideneck turtle
"Podocnemis judaea n. sp." = Algorachelus parvus Haas 1978 sideneck turtle
HUJP 3664
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet.13 Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
"Haasia gittelmani n. gen. n. sp." = Haasiasaurus gittelmani13
"Haasia gittelmani n. gen. n. sp." = Haasiasaurus gittelmani13 Polcyn et al. 1999 mosasaur
 Squamata -
 Squamata - Aigialosauridae
Mesoleptos sp.12 Cornalia and Chiozza 1852 squamates
HUJ-PAL EJ699 - part and counterpart (anterior vertebral column, ribs, shoulder girdle, and partial forelimbs)
 Squamata -
Ophidia indet.13, "Pachyrhachis problematicus n. gen. n. sp." = Pachyrhachis problematicus10, "Ophiomorphus colberti n. gen. n. sp." = Pachyrhachis problematicus1, Haasiophis terrasanctus n. gen. n. sp.14
Ophidia indet.13 Latreille 1804 snake
"Pachyrhachis problematicus n. gen. n. sp." = Pachyrhachis problematicus10 Haas 1979 snake
HUJ-PAL 3659 - holotype
"Ophiomorphus colberti n. gen. n. sp." = Pachyrhachis problematicus1 Haas 1979 snake
HUJ-PAL 3775 - holotype
Haasiophis terrasanctus n. gen. n. sp.14 Tchernov et al. 2000 snake
HUJ-PAL. EJ 695 - holotype
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet.10 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Pachyamia latimaxillaris n. gen. n. sp.6
Pachyamia latimaxillaris n. gen. n. sp.6 Chalifa and Tchernov 1982 bowfin
HUJ-EY-640
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus brevis n. sp.4 Chalifa 1989
HUJEY 466, 236
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Dercetoides venator n. gen. n. sp.3, "Rhynchodercetis gracilis n. sp." = Hastichthys gracilis3
Dercetoides venator n. gen. n. sp.3 Chalifa 1989
HUJEY 175
"Rhynchodercetis gracilis n. sp." = Hastichthys gracilis3 Chalifa 1989
HUJEY 330
 Aulopiformes -
Serrilepis longidens n. sp.5 Chalifa 1989
HUJ-EY 489, 26, 30, 32, 156, 355, 372, 373, 414, 415, 417, 418, 469, 495, 545, 602, 661, 672, 689
 Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae
Saurorhamphus judeaensis n. sp.2 Chalifa 1985
HUJEY 666, 82, 141, 301, 305, 306, 310, 647, 680; OFEY 1,2
 Aulopiformes -
Yabrudichthys striatus n. sp.5 Chalifa 1989
HUJ-EY 410
 Acanthomorphata - Aipichthyoididae
Aipichthyoides galeatus n. gen. n. sp.7 Gayet 1980
HUJ AJ.59, 61, 63
Aipichthyoides formosus n. sp.7 Gayet 1980
HUJ AJ.58, 60
 Beryciformes -
Judeoberyx princeps n. gen. n. sp.7
Judeoberyx princeps n. gen. n. sp.7 Gayet 1980
HUJ AJ.57
 Beryciformes - Pharmacichthyidae
Pharmacichthys judensis n. sp.7 Gayet 1980
HUJ AJ.64, 65, 66
 Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae
Rhombichthys intoccabilis n. gen. n. sp.11
Rhombichthys intoccabilis n. gen. n. sp.11 Khalloufi et al. 2010
 Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae
Ramallichthys orientalis n. gen. n. sp.8, Judeichthys haasi n. gen. n. sp.9
Ramallichthys orientalis n. gen. n. sp.8 Gayet 1982
HUJ AJ.386, 25, 41, 133d,g, 134, 381, 425
Judeichthys haasi n. gen. n. sp.9 Gayet 1985
HUJ AJ-432
Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.13 Klein 1754