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
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 | |
Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
"Scapanorhynchus ? raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
"Scapanorhynchus ? raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark | |
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
Carcharias cf. holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark |