Roseifa: Senonian - Maastrichtian, Jordan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lybicoceras ismaeli
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Lamnides sp.
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| two species | ||||||||||
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Rhombodes sp.
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Cheloniidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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| Archelon or Protospargus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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| four types of conical teeth | ||||||||||
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Globidens sp.
Gilmore 1912
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Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Protosphyraena libyea
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus libyeus
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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| lateral dermal teeth | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Scapanorhynchus gigas
Woodward 1889
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| recombined as Hispidaspis gigas | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Corax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Squalicorax pristodontus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Lamna appendiculata
Agassiz 1835
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| recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Ptychodontidae
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Ptychodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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| caudal fin spine | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nanonavis parallelus
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonta vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Jordan |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 32.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 32.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Senonian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: correlates with formation in Palestine that is Maastrichtian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous phosphorite |
| Secondary lithology: | phosphatic "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: phosphate beds, some layers coarse-sandy or conglomeratic, some characterized as flint. Variety of hardness and friability. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36256 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-20 13:15:12 | Last modified: | 2004-01-20 15:18:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-20 13:15:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9686. | 5% 45500 | M. Avnimelech. 1949. On Vertebrate Remains in Senonian Phosphate Beds in Transjordan. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 42(2):486-490 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |