Charquieh Mine B: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Syria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Myliobatiformes indet.
Compagno 1973
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Coupatezia sp.
Cappetta 1982
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus sp.
Dames 1881
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Rhombodus aff. meridionalis
Arambourg 1952
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Parapalaeobatidae
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Parapalaeobates atlanticus
Arambourg 1952
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Ataktobatis sp.
Cappetta and Corral 1999
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ctenopristis sp.
Arambourg 1940
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Schizorhiza stromeri
Weiler 1930
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Dalpiazia stromeri
Checchia-Rispoli 1933
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Erguitaia sp.
Cappetta 1989
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Chondrichthyes
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Hypsobatis sp.
Cappetta 1992
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Youssoubatis sp.
Cappetta 1992
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Squatigaleus sp.
Cappetta 1982
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Plicatoscyllium sp.
Case and Cappetta 1997
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Hemiscylliidae
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Chiloscyllium sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax bassanii
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Squalicorax sp.
Whitley 1939
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna cf. maroccana
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Cretolamna biauriculata
(Wanner 1902)
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Cretolamna cf. appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Eotrigonodontidae
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Stephanodus libycus
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus elegans
Dartevelle and Casier 1949
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Dercetidae
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Stratodus apicalis
Cope 1872
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Plioplatecarpini indet.
Russell 1967
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Platecarpus ptychodon
Arambourg 1952
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| nomen dubium belonging to Plioplatecarpinae | ||||||||||
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Leiodon anceps
Owen 1841
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonioidea indet.
(Baur 1893)
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Taphrosphys sulcatus
(Leidy 1856)
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= Taphrosphyini indet.
Gaffney et al. 2006
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Gaffney et al. 2006 | |||||||||
| Although more than one bothremydid taxon seem to be included, all are best referred to as tribe Taphrosphyini incertae sedis. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Syria |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 37.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.0° North, 32.6° 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,gray,yellow phosphorite |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: The phosphates are intercalated within a lower lumachellic limestone mainly composed of the oyster Ambigostrea villei and an upper alternation of marls, dolomites and limestones. The phosphates are yellow to grey, mainly soft | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: very shallow environments with submarine highs | |
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: | 117857 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, R. Benson | Enterer: | P. Mannion, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2011-09-28 00:18:37 | Last modified: | 2011-09-27 10:24:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-28 00:18:37 |
| 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] |