Wadi Ruweishid (Eocene of Jordan)
Where: Jordan (32.5° N, 38.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 32.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: phosphorite and lime mudstone
• chalk
Primary reference: H. Cappetta, F. Pfeil, N. Schmidt-Kittler and E. Martini. 2000. New biostratigraphical data on the marine Upper Cretaceous and Palaeogene of Jordan. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 38(1):81-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65226: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979 eagle ray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray | |
Merabatis sp. Cappetta 1983 stingray | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark | |
Carcharias koerti sand shark |