Re: Dinosaur finds in Israel

[John Schneiderman <dino@revelation.unomaha.edu>]

Yes...

Israel (2) footprint locations:

--> Jerusalem   Cenomanian age    theropod (?ornithomimid) footprints

   references:
       Avnimelech, M.A. 1962a "Dinosaur tracks in the lower Cenomanian of
             Jerusalem"  Nature, London 196: 264  
       --- 1966 "Dinosaur Tracks in the Judean Hills"  Proceedings of Israel
             Academy of Sciences & Humanities, sect. of sciences 1:1-19
          
--> West Bank (Jordanian occupied)  ?early Cenomanian   theropod footprint

   reference:
      Leonardi, 1985a "The oldest tetrapod record known in the world, and 
            other news"  Ichnology Newsletter 14:15-16

--> Syria (1) fossil locality

   unnamed unit   ?Cenomanian age   theropod indet.

  reference:
      Hooijer, D.A. 1968  "A Cretaceous dinosaur from the Syrian Arab 
            Republic"  Proc. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet. B  71:150-152


---John Schneiderman (dino@revelation.unomaha.edu)