Where: Syria (34.3° N, 37.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 32.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; phosphatic, gray, yellow 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 117857: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.09.2011, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833 | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Stratodus apicalis Cope 1872 | |
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar | |
Reptilia | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
Plioplatecarpini indet. mosasaur
Platecarpus ptychodon Arambourg 1952 mosasaur
Leiodon anceps Owen 1841 mosasaur | |
Chelonioidea indet. sea turtle | |
Taphrosphyini indet. Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray | |
Rhombodus sp. Dames 1881 stingray
Rhombodus aff. meridionalis Arambourg 1952 stingray | |
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Ataktobatis sp. Cappetta and Corral 1999 guitarfish | |
Parapalaeobates atlanticus Arambourg 1952 ray | |
Erguitaia sp. Cappetta 1989 ray | |
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930 ray
Dalpiazia stromeri Checchia-Rispoli 1933 ray
Ctenopristis sp. Arambourg 1940 ray | |
Hypsobatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark
Youssoubatis sp. Cappetta 1992 shark | |
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Plicatoscyllium sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
Squatigaleus sp. Cappetta 1982 hound shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Cretolamna cf. maroccana, Cretolamna biauriculata, "Cretolamna cf. appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
Cretolamna cf. maroccana mackerel shark
Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902 mackerel shark
"Cretolamna cf. appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax bassanii crow shark
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark |