Roseifa (Cretaceous to of Jordan)

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 (89.3 - 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

• phosphate beds, some layers coarse-sandy or conglomeratic, some characterized as flint. Variety of hardness and friability.

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
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
caudal fin spine
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 sawfish
lateral dermal teeth
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Scapanorhynchus gigas" = Hispidaspis gigas
"Scapanorhynchus gigas" = Hispidaspis gigas Woodward 1889 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
"Corax pristodontus" = Squalicorax pristodontus
"Corax pristodontus" = Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
Archelon or Protospargus
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
four types of conical teeth
Globidens sp. Gilmore 1912 mosasaur
teeth
Actinopteri
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae