Wadi Falqa (Cretaceous of Jordan)

Where: Jordan (31.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 30.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation, Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• medium to coarse grained, yellow-reddish to brownish quartz arenitic sandstone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: H. A. Mustafa, G. R. Case, and I. S. Zalmout. 2002. A new selachian fauna from the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation (Late Creteceous) - Central Jordan. N.Jb.Geol.Paläont.Abh 226(3):419-444 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62538: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 21.07.2006, edited by Melanie Gagucas

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Eostegostoma sp. Herman and Crochard 1977 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium hashimiaensis n. sp. nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Parapalaeobatidae
Parapalaeobates sp. Weiler 1930 ray
Parapalaeobates pygmaeus Quaas 1902 ray
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
 Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894 ray
 Rajiformes -
Pseudohypolophus elongatus n. sp. guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
Rhinobatos cf. casieri Herman 1977 guitarfish