Khneifiss L1 (Cretaceous to of Syria)

Where: Syria (34.3° N, 37.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 32.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: phosphatic, calcareous phosphorite

• open sea environment

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Bardet, H. Cappetta, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Mouty, A. K. Al Maleh, A. M. Ahmed, O. Khrata and N. Gannoum. 2000. The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria. Geological Magazine 137(3):269-290 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 117850: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Specimens housed in the Université de Montpellier (UM-Collection Syrie) and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN-Collection Syrie)
Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur
 Loricata -
 Testudines -
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Nigeremys sp. Broin 1977 sideneck turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurinae indet. Gervais 1853 mosasaur
Leiodon anceps Owen 1841 mosasaur
Globidens sp. Gilmore 1912 mosasaur
Prognathodon giganteus Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Platecarpus ptychodon Arambourg 1952 mosasaur
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Chondrichthyes
 Galeomorphi -
Youssoubatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark
Hypsobatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Pteroscyllium sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Plicatoscyllium sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon aff. plicatus Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Scapanorhynchus rapax Quaas 1902 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902 mackerel shark
"Cretolamna cf. appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax cf. yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ctenopristis sp. Arambourg 1940 ray
Ganopristis sp. Arambourg 1935 ray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
"Rhinobatos sp.1"
 Myliobatiformes -
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus aff. meridionalis Arambourg 1952 stingray