Bardeh (Cretaceous to of Syria)

Where: Syria (34.3° N, 37.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 32.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: phosphatic limestone

• open sea environment
• Thick basal limestones with large disc-shaped structures, about 1.5 m thick hard compact phosphates and upper, pale marls and limestones. The phosphatogenesis ends at the top of the limestones with a flint level

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Bardet, H. Cappetta, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Mouty, A. K. Al Maleh, A. M. Ahmed, O. Khrata and N. Gannoum. 2000. The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria. Geological Magazine 137(3):269-290 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 117849: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.09.2011, edited by Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Specimens housed in the Université de Montpellier (UM-Collection Syrie) and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN-Collection Syrie)
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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet.
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet.
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet., Leiodon anceps, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Prognathodon giganteus, Plioplatecarpinae indet., Plioplatecarpini indet.
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
Leiodon anceps Owen 1841 mosasaur
Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Prognathodon giganteus Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Plioplatecarpinae indet. Dollo 1884 mosasaur
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Taphrosphyini indet.
Taphrosphyini indet. Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle
 Testudines -
Chelonioidea indet.
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus elegans
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon sp., Anomotodon aff. plicatus
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Anomotodon aff. plicatus Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna biauriculata
Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp., Squalicorax pristodontus, Squalicorax cf. yangaensis
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Squalicorax cf. yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943 crow shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp.
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark