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 117853: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.09.2011, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833 | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Phyllodontidae indet. Sauvage 1875 | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
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Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
Plioplatecarpini indet. mosasaur
Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Leiodon anceps Owen 1841 mosasaur
Globidens sp. Gilmore 1912 mosasaur | |
Chelonioidea indet. sea turtle | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray | |
Rhombodus aff. meridionalis Arambourg 1952 stingray | |
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Hamrabatis sp. Cappetta 1991 ray | |
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Parapalaeobates atlanticus Arambourg 1952 ray | |
Erguitaia sp. Cappetta 1989 ray | |
Plicatopristis strougoi Cappetta 1991 ray
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930 ray
Dalpiazia stromeri Checchia-Rispoli 1933 ray
Ctenopristis sp. Arambourg 1940 ray | |
Hypsobatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark
Youssoubatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark | |
Plicatoscyllium sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
Scapanorhynchus rapax Quaas 1902 goblin shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Cretolamna cf. maroccana mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax bassanii crow shark
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark |