Where: Jordan (36.2° N, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 32.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Senonian to Senonian (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• correlates with formation in Palestine that is Maastrichtian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous phosphorite and phosphatic limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Primary reference: M. Avnimelech. 1949. On Vertebrate Remains in Senonian Phosphate Beds in Transjordan. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 42(2):486-490 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36256: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 20.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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"Scapanorhynchus gigas" = Hispidaspis gigas
"Scapanorhynchus gigas" = Hispidaspis gigas Woodward 1889 sand tiger shark | |
Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark | |
"Corax pristodontus" = Squalicorax pristodontus
"Corax pristodontus" = Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark | |
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Reptilia | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pycnodonta vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Nanonavis parallelus clam |