Bardeh: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Syria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus elegans
Dartevelle and Casier 1949
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Mosasaurus lemonnieri
Dollo 1889
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Leiodon anceps
Owen 1841
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Prognathodon giganteus
Dollo 1889
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Plioplatecarpinae indet.
(Dollo 1884)
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Plioplatecarpini indet.
Russell 1967
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonioidea indet.
(Baur 1893)
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Nigeremys sp.
Broin 1977
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= Taphrosphyini indet.
Gaffney et al. 2006
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| Although more than one bothremydid taxon seem to be included, all are best referred to as tribe Taphrosphyini incertae sedis. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Reptilia
- Crocodylomorpha
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Crocodylomorpha indet.
(Hay 1930)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna biauriculata
(Wanner 1902)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax sp.
Whitley 1939
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Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Squalicorax cf. yangaensis
(Dartevelle and Casier 1943)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Anomotodon sp.
Arambourg 1952
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Anomotodon aff. plicatus
Arambourg 1952
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Geography
| Country: | Syria |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 37.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.1° North, 32.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Thick basal limestones with large disc-shaped structures, about 1.5 m thick hard compact phosphates and upper, pale marls and limestones. The phosphatogenesis ends at the top of the limestones with a flint level | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: open sea environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Specimens housed in the Université de Montpellier (UM-Collection Syrie) and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN-Collection Syrie) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 117849 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, R. Benson | Enterer: | P. Mannion, R. Benson |
| Created: | 2011-09-27 23:25:58 | Last modified: | 2011-09-27 09:25:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 23:25:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37884. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 27976 | E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |