'Ein Yabrud quarries: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Palestinian Territory
collected by Haas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Polcyn et al. 1999
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
Stoliczkaia amanai
Polcyn et al. 1999
replaced by Stoliczkaiella
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Graysonites wooldrigei (Young 1958)
Polcyn et al. 1999
synonym of Graysonites wacoense
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Polcyn et al. 1999
unclassified
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
Polcyn et al. 1999
invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Polcyn et al. 1999
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Haas 1979
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Pachyamia latimaxillaris n. gen., n. sp. Chalifa and Tchernov 1982
Chalifa and Tchernov 1982 1 specimen
HUJ-EY-640
Actinopteri - Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae
Ramallichthys orientalis n. gen., n. sp. Gayet 1982
Gayet 1982 7 specimens
HUJ AJ.386, 25, 41, 133d,g, 134, 381, 425
Judeichthys haasi n. gen., n. sp. Gayet 1985
Gayet 1985 1 specimen
HUJ AJ-432
Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae
Rhombichthys intoccabilis n. gen., n. sp. Khalloufi et al. 2010
Khalloufi et al. 2010 12 individuals
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus brevis n. sp. Chalifa 1989
Chalifa 1989 2 specimens
HUJEY 466, 236
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Dercetoides venator n. gen., n. sp. Chalifa 1989
Chalifa 1989 1 specimen
HUJEY 175
Rhynchodercetis gracilis n. sp. Chalifa 1989
Chalifa 1989 1 specimen
recombined as Hastichthys gracilis
HUJEY 330
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes
Serrilepis longidens n. sp. Chalifa 1989
Chalifa 1989 19 specimens
HUJ-EY 489, 26, 30, 32, 156, 355, 372, 373, 414, 415, 417, 418, 469, 495, 545, 602, 661, 672, 689
Yabrudichthys striatus n. sp. Chalifa 1989
Chalifa 1989 1 specimen
HUJ-EY 410
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae
Saurorhamphus judeaensis n. sp. Chalifa 1985
Chalifa 1985 11 specimens
HUJEY 666, 82, 141, 301, 305, 306, 310, 647, 680; OFEY 1,2
Actinopteri - Aipichthyoididae
Aipichthyoides galeatus n. gen., n. sp. Gayet 1980
Gayet 1980 3 specimens
HUJ AJ.59, 61, 63
Aipichthyoides formosus n. sp. Gayet 1980
Gayet 1980 2 specimens
HUJ AJ.58, 60
Actinopteri - Beryciformes
Judeoberyx princeps n. gen., n. sp. Gayet 1980
Gayet 1980 1 specimen
HUJ AJ.57
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Pharmacichthyidae
Pharmacichthys judensis n. sp. Gayet 1980
Gayet 1980 3 specimens
HUJ AJ.64, 65, 66
Reptilia
Mosasauroidea indet. ()
Polcyn et al. 1999
spelled with current rank as Mosasauria
Reptilia - Aigialosauridae
Mesoleptos sp. Cornalia and Chiozza 1852
Lee and Scanlon 2002
HUJ-PAL EJ699 - part and counterpart (anterior vertebral column, ribs, shoulder girdle, and partial forelimbs)
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Haasia gittelmani n. gen., n. sp. Polcyn et al. 1999
Polcyn et al. 1999 2 individuals
misspelling Haasiasaurus gittelmani
Reptilia
Ophidia indet. (Latreille 1804)
Polcyn et al. 1999
Pachyrhachis problematicus n. gen., n. sp. Haas 1979
Haas 1979 1 individual
HUJ-PAL 3659 - holotype
Ophiomorphus colberti n. gen., n. sp. Haas 1980
Caldwell and Lee 1997 1 individual
synonym of Pachyrhachis problematicus
HUJ-PAL 3775 - holotype
Haasiophis terrasanctus n. gen., n. sp. Tchernov et al. 2000
Tchernov et al. 2000 1 individual
HUJ-PAL. EJ 695 - holotype
Reptilia - Testudines
Podocnemis parva n. sp. Haas 1978
Haas 1979
recombined as Algorachelus parvus
Podocnemis judaea n. sp. Haas 1978
1 individual
synonym of Algorachelus parvus
HUJP 3664
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
Polcyn et al. 1999
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Polcyn et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Batoidea
Batoidea indet.
Haas 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:Palestinian Territory
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 35.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.7° North, 29.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:835 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Gallic
*International age/stage:Early/Lower - Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower - Middle Cenomanian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian Ammonoid zone: Graysonites wooldridgei - Stoliczkaia amanai
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bet Meir or Amminadav
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: formation assignment uncertain; PJW: zone misspelled as Graysonites wooldrigei in text. Was Early - Middle Cenomanian, but Yacobucci (2015 - Supplementary Table 1 : Information about this dataset) restricts this to Early Cenomanian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fine grained, thin-bedded carbonates
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: low energy, shallow marine platform depositional environment, close to shore.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Haas
Collection method comments: The collection is said to contain several hundred specimens
Metadata
Also known as:Ein Jabrud
Database number:11804
Authorizer:E. Fara, M. Carrano, J. Head, P. Mannion Enterer:E. Fara, P. Mannion, J. Head, M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2001-09-12 04:22:09 Last modified:2024-04-24 23:00:42
Access level:the public Released:2001-09-12 04:22:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36673. G. Haas. 1978. A new turtle of the genus Podocnemis from the lower Cenomanian of 'Ein Yabrud. Israel Journal of Zoology 27:169-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

39748 M. W. Caldwell and M. S. Y. Lee. 1997. A snake with legs from the marine Cretaceous of the Middle East. Nature 386:705-709 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
37633 Y. Chalifa. 1985. Saurorhamphus judeaensis (Salmoniformes: Enchodontidae), a new longirostrine fish from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Ein-Yabrud, near Jerusalem. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(3):181-193 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77473 Y. Chalifa. 1989. Yabrudichthys and serrilepis, two new genera of Enchodontoids (Teleostei) from Lower cenomanian beds of ‘ein-yabrūd, israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 36(1):11-38 [M. Clapham/J. Mordaunt]
77213 Y. Chalifa. 1989. Two new species of longirostrine fishes from the Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Ein-Yabrud, Israel, with comments on the phylogeny of the Dercetidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):314-328 [M. Clapham/J. Mordaunt]
77472 Y. Chalifa. 1989. New species of Enchodus (Pisces: Enchodontoidei) from the lower Cenomanian of Ein-Yabrud, Israel. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):356-364 [M. Clapham/J. Mordaunt]
37628 Y. Chalifa and E. Tchernov. 1982. Pachyamia latimaxillaris, New Genus and Species (Actinopterygii: Amiidae), from the Cenomanian of Jerusalem. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(3):269-285 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77709 M. Gayet. 1980. Recherches sur l’ichthyofaune cénomanienne des Monts de Judée: les "Acanthoptérygiens". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 66:75-128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77712 M. Gayet. 1982. Cypriniforme ou Gonorhynchiforme? Ramallichthys, nouveau genre du Cénomanien inférieur de Ramallah (Monts de Judée). Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. Série II: Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'Univers, Sciences de la Terre 295:405-407 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77710 M. Gayet. 1985. Gonorhynchiforme nouveau du Cénomanien inférieur marin de Ramallah (Monts de Judée): Judeichthys haasi nov. gen. nov. sp. (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Judeichthyidae nov. fam.). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section C, Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minéralogie 7(1):65-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
13146 G. Haas. 1979. On a new snakelike reptile from the lower Cenomanian of ein Jabrud, near Jerusalem. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Historie naturelle, Paris, Série 4 1:51-64 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]
32930ETE B. Khalloufi, R. Zaragüeta-Bagils, and H. Lelièvre. 2010. Rhombichthys intoccabilis, gen. et sp. nov. (Ellimmichthyiformes, Clupeomorpha, Teleostei), from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Ein Yabrud, Middle East: anatomical description and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):57-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
42712 M. S. Y. Lee and J. D. Scanlon. 2002. The Cretaceous marine squamate Mesoleptos and the origin of snakes. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Zoology 68(2):131-142 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
42035% 320M. J. Polcyn, E. Tchernov, and L.L. Jacobs. 1999. The Cretaceous biogeography of the Eastern Mediterranean with a description of a new basal mosasauroid from 'Ein Yabrud, Israel. in Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich, eds., Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium. National Science Museum Monographs, Tokyo, Japan. (15)259-290 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]
44701 O. Rieppel, H. Zaher, E. Tchernov and M. J. Polcyn. 2003. The anatomy and relationships of Haasiophis terrasanctus, a fossil snake with well-developed hind limbs from the mid-Cretaceous of the Middle East. Journal of Paleontology 77(3):536-558 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Uhen]
12825 E. Tchernov, O. Rieppel, H. Zaher, M. J. Polcyn, and L. L. Jacobs. 2000. A fossil snake with limbs. Science 287:2010-2012 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]