C/W-361, Makhtesh Ramon (Cretaceous to of Israel)

Where: Israel (30.5° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 30.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Menuha Formation, Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 70.6 Ma)

• Upper conglomerate of Menuha

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous conglomerate

• pebble-sized limestone clasts within a yellow-brown chalk matrix

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), sieve

• Repository: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Primary reference: A. Retzler, M. A. Wilson, and Y. Avni. 2013. Chondrichthyans from the Menuha Formation (Late Cretaceous: Santonian–Early Campanian) of the Makhtesh Ramon region, southern Israel. Cretaceous Research 40:81-89more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 237918: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Scapanorhynchus ? raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
"Scapanorhynchus ? raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
Carcharias cf. holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark