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: shallow subtidal; phosphatic, gray, yellow phosphorite and limestone
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 117855: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.09.2011, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian | |
Chelonioidea indet. sea turtle | |
Taphrosphyini indet. Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle | |
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
Leiodon anceps Owen 1841 mosasaur
Globidens sp. Gilmore 1912 mosasaur
Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Plioplatecarpini indet. mosasaur | |
Varanoidea indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
Actinopteri | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
Phyllodontidae indet. Sauvage 1875 | |
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Youssoubatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark
Hypsobatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark | |
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Plicatoscyllium sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
Scapanorhynchus rapax Quaas 1902 goblin shark | |
Cretolamna cf. maroccana mackerel shark
Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax africanus crow shark
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Parapalaeobates atlanticus Arambourg 1952 ray | |
Ctenopristis sp. Arambourg 1940 ray | |
Erguitaia sp. Cappetta 1989 ray | |
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Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray | |
Rhombodus aff. meridionalis Arambourg 1952 stingray |