Where: Jordan (32.0° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 29.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Phosphorite Unit Formation (Balqa Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• lithostratigraphically defined unit, containing 4 main phosphate seams at Ruseifa. Entire unit is about 24 m thick, with lower seam (likely source bed of pterosaur) about 2 m thick. All phosphate beds yeild vertebrates.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; peloidal, shelly/skeletal phosphorite and limestone
•and are approximately 20-25 m thick. Four phosphatic horizons (Fig. 1, I to IV) separated by marls, limestones and cherts are recognisable (Bender 1968; Bandel & Mikbel 1985; Jallad et al. 1989), with all these horizons yielding vertebrate remains." (Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola, 2002)
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•"The Ruseifa Phosphates were deposited in a shallow sea, when the underlying Wadi Sir
•Formation was eroded along an island chain that accompanied the Ruseifa fault and associated folds (Bandel & Mikbel 1985). A near-shore environment is suggested by the rare occurrence of dinosaur and pterosaur remains into the marine series." (Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola, 2002)
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace, replaced with silica
Collected in the 1950s
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: C. Arambourg. 1959. Titanopteryx philadelphiae nov. gen., nov. sp. Ptérosaurien géant [Titanopteryx philadelphiae nov. gen., nov. sp. Giant pterosaurian]. Contributions à la Stratigraphie et à la Paléontologie du Crétacé et du Nummulitique de la Marge NW de la Péninsule Arabique. Notes et Mémoires du Moyen Orient 7:229-234 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13366: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.03.2002, edited by Mark Uhen, Richard Butler, Philip Mannion, Melanie Gagucas and Kaitlin Maguire
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Taxonomic list
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Elasmosauridae indet.1 Cope 1869 elasmosaur Teeth (MNHN 1960-20), vertebrae (UD and JPMC uncatalogued) and two propodial bones (UD uncatalogued); the teeth were originally referred to Plesiosaurus mauritanicus (Arambourg et al. 1959)
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"Titanopteryx philadelphiae n. gen. n. sp." = Arambourgiania philadelphiae, "cf. Arambourgiania philadelphiae" = Arambourgiania philadelphiae3
"Titanopteryx philadelphiae n. gen. n. sp." = Arambourgiania philadelphiae Arambourg 1959 pterosaur Univ. Jordan, Dept. Geol. VF-1 (holotype), cervical vertebra.
"cf. Arambourgiania philadelphiae" = Arambourgiania philadelphiae3 Arambourg 1959 pterosaur Two phalangeal fragments, cervical vertebra, limb fragment
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Crocodyliformes indet.1 Hay 1930 crocodilian Tooth (MNHN 1960-20); originally referred to Crocodilus sp. (Arambourg et al. 1959)
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Mosasauridae indet.3, Halisaurus sp.1, Globidens sp.1, Prognathodon giganteus1, Platecarpus ptychodon1
Globidens sp.1 Gilmore 1912 mosasaur Teeth (MNHN 1960-20, UD uncatalogued); previously described as Globidens fraasi (Avnimelech 1949) and Globidens aegyptiacus (Arambourg et al. 1959)
Prognathodon giganteus1 Dollo 1889 mosasaur Teeth (NHM R 5887; MNHN 1960-20; UD uncatalogued); previously described as Mosasaurus cf. anceps (Arambourg et al. 1959)
Platecarpus ptychodon1 Arambourg 1952 mosasaur Teeth (MNHN 1960-20); also reported by Arambourg et al. (1959)
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Pseudoegertonia sp.1 Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Enchodus elegans1 Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Stratodus apicalis1 Cope 1872 | |
Pycnodontidae indet.1 Agassiz 1833 | |
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