Qasr Ouzaykhim: Early/Lower Eocene, Jordan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Chalmydoselachus sp.
Isistus sp.
Xiphiodolamia sp.
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii
Weltonia sp.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspidae indet. (Müller and Henle 1839)
corrected as Odontaspididae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Mitsukurina sp. Jordan 1898
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
cf. Pseudocarcharias sp. Cadenat 1963
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
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]