Where: Syria (34.3° N, 37.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 32.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: phosphatic 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 117849: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.09.2011, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Mosasauridae indet., Plioplatecarpinae indet., Plioplatecarpini indet., Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Leiodon anceps, Prognathodon giganteus
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
Plioplatecarpinae indet. Dollo 1884 mosasaur
Plioplatecarpini indet. mosasaur
Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Leiodon anceps Owen 1841 mosasaur
Prognathodon giganteus Dollo 1889 mosasaur | |
Chelonioidea indet. sea turtle | |
Taphrosphyini indet. Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Anomotodon aff. plicatus Arambourg 1952 goblin shark | |
Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Squalicorax cf. yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943 crow shark |