Al Hasa Mine: Maastrichtian, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz 1838)
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna sp. Glikman 1958
Cretolamna biauriculata (Wanner 1902)
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:Jordan
Coordinates: 30.7° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.9° North, 29.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: chalk-marl
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65221
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Gagucas
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-20 07:23:54 Last modified:2006-09-20 10:23:54
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-20 07:23:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18800. 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]

Secondary references:

84203 I. Zalmout and H. Mustafa. 2001. A Selachian Fauna from the Late Cretaceous of Jordan. Abhath Al-Yarmouk: Basic Sciences and Engineering 10(2B):377-434 [M. Clapham/M. Gagucas]