Also known as Hjoula, Hgula, Hajula, Hadjula, Djoula
Where: Lebanon (34.1° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sannine Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• Hjoûla Lagerstätte of the Sannine Limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: gray, calcareous mudstone
•Saint-Marc (1974) described the palaeoenvironments of both Hâqel and Hjoûla during the Cenomanian as a small, oxygen depleted, marine basin, with the major land mass being located in the present WSW portion of the Arabian Peninsula. Nader et al. (2006) later described the depositional environment in the frame of a carbonate ramp model with shallower waters prevailing to the far east of Lebanon.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collection methods: SMNK, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe (Germany), obtained from a fossil dealer
Primary reference: R. A. Elgin and E. Frey. 2011. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104(supp. 1):S21-S33 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138218: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 06.01.2013, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Mimodactylus libanensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Microtuban altivolans n. gen. n. sp.
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