Eshidiya Mine: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames 1881
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Parapalaeobatidae
Parapalaeobates atlanticus Arambourg 1952
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Dalpiazia stromeri Checchia-Rispoli 1933
Ctenopristis sp. Arambourg 1940
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon triangularis (Reuss 1845)
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Plicatoscyllium sp. Case and Cappetta 1997
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes
Lamniformes indet. Berg 1958
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna biauriculata (Wanner 1902)
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz 1838)
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax bassanii
Squalicorax africanus
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz 1835)
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Carcharias khderii n. sp.
Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:Jordan
Coordinates: 30.0° North, 36.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.5° North, 29.5° 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:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: lower Maastrichtian, phosphate latyer A2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65222
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Gagucas
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-20 07:28:30 Last modified:2006-09-20 10:38:15
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-20 07:28:30
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:

84173 G. Guinot, L. Hautier, B. S. Sambou, R. Sarr, and J. E. Martin. 2023. The Upper Cretaceous elasmobranch fauna from Senegal. Cretaceous Research 146(105480) [M. Clapham/M. Gagucas/M. Clapham]
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]