Al Hasa Mine (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (30.7° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 29.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marl

• chalk-marl

Primary reference: H. Cappetta, F. Pfeil, N. Schmidt-Kittler and E. Martini. 2000. New biostratigraphical data on the marine Upper Cretaceous and Palaeogene of Jordan. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 38(1):81-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65221: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.09.2006, edited by Melanie Gagucas

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837 carpet shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna sp. Glikman 1958 mackerel shark
Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna serrata Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray