Qasr Ouzaykhim (Eocene of Jordan)
Where: Jordan (31.9° N, 37.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 30.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: phosphorite
• phosphatic chalky sediment
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65225: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sevengill shark
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Weltonia sp. elasmobranch | |
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |
Megascyliorhinus sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark | |
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark | |
cf. Pseudocarcharias sp. Cadenat 1963 mackerel shark | |
Mitsukurina sp. Jordan 1898 goblin shark |