Qasr Ouzaykhim: Early/Lower Eocene, Jordan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Chalmydoselachus sp.
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Isistus sp.
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Xiphiodolamia sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus sp.
Bleeker 1859
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Heptranchias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
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Weltonia sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Megascyliorhinus sp.
Cappetta and Ward 1977
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspidae indet.
(Müller and Henle 1839)
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corrected as Odontaspididae | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Mitsukurina sp.
Jordan 1898
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudocarchariidae
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cf. Pseudocarcharias sp.
Cadenat 1963
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Jordan |
Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 37.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 20.0° North, 30.7° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 48.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: phosphatic chalky sediment | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 65225 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-20 07:43:12 | Last modified: | 2006-09-20 10:43:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-20 07:43:11 |
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] |