Amminadav Formation

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

Genus	Species	Notes
Aipichthyoides	A. galeatus A. formosus	An aipichthyoidid lamprimorph
Dercetoides	D. venator	A dercetid aulopiform
Hastichthys	H. gracilis	A dercetid aulopiform
Enchodus	E. brevis	An enchodontid aulopiform
Judeichthys	J. haasi	A gonorynchid
Judeoberyx	J. princeps	A trachichthyoid trachichthyform
Pachyamia	P. latimaxillaris	An amiid
Parenchodus	P. longipterygius	An enchodontid aulopiform
Pharmacichthys	P. judensis	A pharmacichthyid lamprimorph
Ramallichthys	R. orientalis	A gonorynchid
Rhombichthys	R. intoccabilis	A paraclupeid clupeomorph
Saurorhamphus	S. judeaensis	A eurylophid aulopiform
Scalacurvichthys	S. naishi	A pycnodontid
Serrilepis	S. longidens	A halecid aulopiform
Yabrudichthys	Y. striatus	An enchodontoid aulopiform

Reptiles

Turtles

Genus	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Algorachelus	A. parvus		A bothremyid side-necked turtle
Pelomedusidae	indet.		An indeterminate pelomedusid side-necked turtle

Squamates

Genus	Species	Notes
Haasiasaurus	H. gittelmani	An early mosasaur
Haasiophis	H. terrasanctus	A simoliophiid snake, notable for its hindlimbs
Mesoleptos	M. zendrinii	A basal mosasauroid
Pachyrhachis	P. problematicus	A simoliophiid snake, notable for its hindlimbs

Pterosaurs

Genus	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Pterosauria	indet.		An indeterminate pterosaur