Where: Syria (34.8° N, 38.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 33.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: phosphatic phosphorite and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Bardet, H. Cappetta, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Mouty, A. K. Al Maleh, A. M. Ahmed, O. Khrata and N. Gannoum. 2000. The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria. Geological Magazine 137(3):269-290 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 117863: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.09.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930 ray | |
Squalicorax bassanii crow shark | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines
"Chelonii indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mosasauridae indet., Plioplatecarpini indet., Platecarpus ptychodon, Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Prognathodon sp., Prognathodon giganteus, Globidens phosphaticus
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
Plioplatecarpini indet. mosasaur MNHN-KHN8a-b consist of isolated jaw fragments with associated characteristic teeth
Mosasaurus beaugei Arambourg 1952 mosasaur MNHN 1938-2, unpublished damaged dentary broken in several fragments, a vertebra and other indeterminate bones
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Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Actinopteri | |
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949 |