Where: Syria (34.3° N, 37.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 32.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: phosphatic, red, yellow, calcareous phosphorite
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 117852: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.09.2011, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Rhombodus aff. meridionalis Arambourg 1952 stingray | |
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Ganopristis sp. Arambourg 1935 ray
Ctenopristis sp. Arambourg 1940 ray | |
Hypsobatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark
Youssoubatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark | |
Pteroscyllium sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Plicatoscyllium sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Anomotodon aff. plicatus Arambourg 1952 goblin shark | |
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Stratodus apicalis Cope 1872 | |
Reptilia | |
Plioplatecarpini indet., Platecarpus ptychodon, Mosasaurinae indet., Globidens sp., Prognathodon giganteus, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Leiodon anceps
Plioplatecarpini indet. mosasaur
Platecarpus ptychodon Arambourg 1952 mosasaur
Mosasaurinae indet. Gervais 1853 mosasaur
Globidens sp. Gilmore 1912 mosasaur
Prognathodon giganteus Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Leiodon anceps Owen 1841 mosasaur | |
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Chelonioidea indet. sea turtle | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle | |
Taphrosphyini indet. Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle |