| Bet-Meir Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Amminadav Formation |
| Location | |
| Country |  Palestine[1] |
The Bet-Meir 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. It underlies the just slightly younger Amminadav Formation, and it is uncertain whether most of the paleobiota belong to one formation or the other.[1][2]
The majority of species here cannot be confidently assigned the Bet-Meir Formation, and some may instead belong to the younger Amminadav Formation.[2][3]
| Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aipichthyoides | A. galeatus
A. formosus |
Anaipichthyoidid lamprimorph | ||
| Dercetoides | D. venator | Adercetid aulopiform | ||
| Hastichthys | H. gracilis | A dercetid aulopiform | ||
| Enchodus | E. brevis | Anenchodontid aulopiform | ||
| Judeichthys | J. haasi | Agonorynchid | ||
| Judeoberyx | J. princeps | Atrachichthyoid trachichthyform | ||
| Pachyamia | P. latimaxillaris | Anamiid | ||
| Parenchodus | P. longipterygius | An enchodontid aulopiform | ||
| Pharmacichthys | P. judensis | Apharmacichthyid lamprimorph | ||
| Ramallichthys | R. orientalis | Agonorynchid | ||
| Rhombichthys | R. intoccabilis | Aparaclupeid clupeomorph | 
| |
| Saurorhamphus | S. judeaensis | Aeurypholid aulopiform | ||
| Scalacurvichthys | S. naishi | Apycnodontid | 
| |
| Serrilepis | S. longidens | Ahalecid aulopiform | ||
| Yabrudichthys | Y. striatus | Anenchodontoid aulopiform |
| Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algorachelus | A. parvus | Abothremyid side-necked turtle | ||
| Pelomedusidae | indet. | An indeterminate pelomedusid side-necked turtle |
| Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haasiasaurus | H. gittelmani | An early mosasaur | ||
| Haasiophis | H. terrasanctus | Asimoliophiid snake, notable for its hindlimbs | ||
| Mesoleptos | M. zendrinii[4] | A basal mosasauroid | ||
| Pachyrhachis | P. problematicus | A simoliophiid snake, notable for its hindlimbs |
| Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pterosauria | indet. | An indeterminate pterosaur |
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