Wadi Falqa (Cretaceous of Jordan)
Where: Jordan (31.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 30.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation, Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
• medium to coarse grained, yellow-reddish to brownish quartz arenitic sandstone.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: H. A. Mustafa, G. R. Case, and I. S. Zalmout. 2002. A new selachian fauna from the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation (Late Creteceous) - Central Jordan. N.Jb.Geol.Paläont.Abh 226(3):419-444 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62538: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 21.07.2006, edited by Melanie Gagucas
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Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Parapalaeobates sp. Weiler 1930 ray
Parapalaeobates pygmaeus Quaas 1902 ray | |
Pseudohypolophus elongatus n. sp.
Pseudohypolophus elongatus n. sp. guitarfish | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
Rhinobatos cf. casieri Herman 1977 guitarfish | |
Ctenopristis jordanicus n. sp., Sclerorhynchus karakensis n. sp.
Ctenopristis jordanicus n. sp. ray
Sclerorhynchus karakensis n. sp. ray | |
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894 ray | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Cantioscyllium hashimiaensis n. sp.
Cantioscyllium hashimiaensis n. sp. nurse shark | |
Eostegostoma sp. Herman and Crochard 1977 carpet shark | |
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark |