Soukkari (Cretaceous to of Syria)

Where: Syria (34.3° N, 38.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 32.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: phosphatic, yellow limestone and limestone

• The series is composed of basal limestone and chert levels underlying yellow, marly limestones. A pebble-bed marks the beginning of the phosphatic deposits which are hard, about 10 m thick

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 117862: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.09.2011

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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)
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus sp. Dames 1881 stingray
 Rajiformes - Parapalaeobatidae
Parapalaeobates atlanticus Arambourg 1952 ray
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus rapax Quaas 1902 goblin shark
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata - Pachyvaranidae
Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg 1952 squamates
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833