Ruseifa phosphate mine: Maastrichtian, Jordan
collected 1950
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Lybicoceras ismaeli
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Frey and Martill 1996 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus elegans
Dartevelle and Casier 1949
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Dercetidae
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Stratodus apicalis
Cope 1872
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Eotrigonodontidae
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Stephanodus libycus
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Pseudoegertonia sp.
Dartevelle and Casier 1949
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Frey and Martill 1996 | |||||||||
= Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Martill et al. 1996 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Azhdarchidae
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Titanopteryx philadelphiae n. gen., n. sp.
Arambourg 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Arambourgiania philadelphiae | ||||||||||
Univ. Jordan, Dept. Geol. VF-1 (holotype), cervical vertebra. | ||||||||||
cf. Arambourgiania philadelphiae
(Arambourg 1959)
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Frey and Martill 1996 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Two phalangeal fragments, cervical vertebra, limb fragment | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodyliformes indet.
Hay 1930
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Tooth (MNHN 1960-20); originally referred to Crocodilus sp. (Arambourg et al. 1959) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Frey and Martill 1996 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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Frey and Martill 1996 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
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) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Frey and Martill 1996 | |||||||||
Platecarpus ptychodon
Arambourg 1952
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Plioplatecarpinae | ||||||||||
Teeth (MNHN 1960-20); also reported by Arambourg et al. (1959) | ||||||||||
Globidens sp.
Gilmore 1912
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Teeth (MNHN 1960-20, UD uncatalogued); previously described as Globidens fraasi (Avnimelech 1949) and Globidens aegyptiacus (Arambourg et al. 1959) | ||||||||||
Prognathodon giganteus
Dollo 1889
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Teeth (NHM R 5887; MNHN 1960-20; UD uncatalogued); previously described as Mosasaurus cf. anceps (Arambourg et al. 1959) | ||||||||||
Halisaurus sp.
Marsh 1869
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Tooth (MNHN 1960-20) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonioidea indet.
(Baur 1893)
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Large costal plates and a cervical vertebra (JPMC uncatalogued) | ||||||||||
Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Frey and Martill 1996 | |||||||||
synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Elasmobranchii indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Frey and Martill 1996 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus binkhorsti
Dames 1881
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Cappetta et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Cappetta et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Sclerorhynchidae indet.
Capetta 1974
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Cappetta et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
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Orectolobiformes indet.
Applegate 1972
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Cappetta et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Plicatoscyllium sp.
Case and Cappetta 1997
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus sp.
Woodward 1889
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna sp.
Glikman 1958
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Cappetta et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Cretolamna biauriculata
(Wanner 1902)
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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Zalmout and Mustafa 2001 | |||||||||
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Serratolamnidae
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Serratolamna serrata
(Agassiz 1838)
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Zalmout and Mustafa 2001 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax bassanii
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Bardet and Pereda Suberbiola 2002 | |||||||||
Squalicorax africanus
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Zalmout and Mustafa 2001 | |||||||||
Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Zalmout and Mustafa 2001 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Jordan |
Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 36.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 16.2° North, 29.9° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Altitude: | 611 meters |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Balqa | Formation: | Phosphorite Unit | ||
Local section: | Ruseifa | Local bed: | I | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 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. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | peloidal,shelly/skeletal phosphorite |
Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "The phosphate rock...are pelletal phosphates rich in fragmentary bones and teeth. Shelly fossils only occur where relatively early diagenetic events, usually silicification, have cemented the rock. Beds above and below the phosphate horizons contain abundant bivalves and gastropods and indicate water depths of only a few metres." | |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Geology comments: "In this mine (now closed), the Late Cretaceous phosphatic beds are well exposed
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) "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) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,trace,replaced with silica |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | many |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1950s |
Metadata
Database number: | 13366 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, M. Clapham, M. Uhen, R. Butler, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, M. Gagucas, K. Maguire |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-03-12 13:39:02 | Last modified: | 2019-04-12 13:03:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-03-12 13:39:02 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31056. | 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] |
Secondary references:
46107 | N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
38133 | N. Bardet and X. Pereda Suberbiola. 2002. Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: palaeobiogeographical implications. Geodiversitas 24(4):831-839 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
18800 | 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] | |
6037 | 5% 6540 | E. Frey and D. M. Martill. 1996. A reappraisal of Arambourgiania (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea): one of the world's largest flying animals. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 199(2):221-247 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
17073 | ETE | D. M. Martill, E. Frey, and R. M. Sadaqah. 1996. The first dinosaur from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1996(3):147-154 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
31057 | D. M. Martill and E. Frey. 1998. Discovery of the holotype of the giant pterosaur Titanopteryx philadelphiae Arambourg 1959, and the status of Arambourgiania and Quetzalcoatlus. Neues Jahrbuc für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 207:57-76 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
68574 | P. Taquet. 1977. Les découvertes récentes de Dinosaures du Jurassique et du Crétacé en Afrique, au Proche et Moyen-Orient et en Inde [Recent discoveries of dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Africa, the Near and Middle East, and India]. Mémoire Hors Serie—Société Géologique de France 8:325-330 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
84203 | I. Zalmout and H. Mustafa. 2001. A Selachian Fauna from the Late Cretaceous of Jordan. Abhath Al-Yarmouk: Basic Sciences and Engineering 10(2B):377-434 [M. Clapham/M. Gagucas] |