Soukkari: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Syria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pachyvaranidae
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Varanoidea indet.
Gray 1827
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= Pachyvaranus crassispondylus
Arambourg 1952
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonii indet.
Latreille 1800
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus rapax
Quaas 1902
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Parapalaeobatidae
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Parapalaeobates atlanticus
Arambourg 1952
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus sp.
Dames 1881
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Geography
| Country: | Syria |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 38.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.0° North, 32.9° 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,yellow "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: 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 | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
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: | 117862 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2011-09-28 00:29:00 | Last modified: | 2011-09-27 10:30:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-28 00:29:00 |
| 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:
| 38134 | A. Houssaye, N. Bardet, J.-C. Rage, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, B. Bouya, M. Amaghzaz, and M. Amalik. 2011. A review of Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, a pachyostotic marine squamate from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco and Syria. Geological Magazine 148(2):237-249 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |