The Amminadav Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in the West Bank (Palestine). Pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation, in addition to several ray-finned fish and early snakes, most of which are known from the Ein Yabrud quarries. The formation overlies the just slightly older Bet-Meir Formation, and it is uncertain whether most of the paleobiota belong to one formation or the other.

Paleobiota The majority of species here cannot be confidently assigned the Amminadav Formation, and some may instead belong to the older Bet-Meir formation.

Fish GenusSpeciesPresenceNotesImagesAipichthyoidesA. galeatus A. formosusAn aipichthyoidid lamprimorphDercetoidesD. venatorA dercetid aulopiformHastichthys H. gracilisA dercetid aulopiformEnchodusE. brevisAn enchodontid aulopiformJudeichthysJ. haasiA gonorynchidJudeoberyxJ. princepsA trachichthyoid trachichthyformPachyamiaP. latimaxillarisAn amiidParenchodusP. longipterygiusAn enchodontid aulopiformPharmacichthysP. judensisA pharmacichthyid lamprimorphRamallichthysR. orientalisA gonorynchidRhombichthys R. intoccabilisA paraclupeid clupeomorphSaurorhamphusS. judeaensisA eurylophid aulopiformScalacurvichthysS. naishiA pycnodontidSerrilepisS. longidensA halecid aulopiformYabrudichthysY. striatusAn enchodontoid aulopiform

Reptiles

Turtles GenusSpeciesPresenceNotesImagesAlgorachelusA. parvusA bothremyid side-necked turtlePelomedusidaeindet.An indeterminate pelomedusid side-necked turtle

Squamates GenusSpeciesPresenceNotesImagesHaasiasaurusH. gittelmaniAn early mosasaurHaasiophisH. terrasanctusA simoliophiid snake, notable for its hindlimbsMesoleptosM. zendriniiA basal mosasauroidPachyrhachisP. problematicusA simoliophiid snake, notable for its hindlimbs

Pterosaurs GenusSpeciesPresenceNotesImagesPterosauriaindet.An indeterminate pterosaur

See also

List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units

References