Also known as Haqel, Haqil
Where: Lebanon (34.2° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Metoicoceras geslinianum ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• The precise age of Hâqel and Hjoûla varies according to different authors. ln his comprehensive sedimentological study Hückel (1970) divided the Cenomanian Limestones into seven units and concluded that Hâqel (unite V) and Hjoûla (unite IV) were deposited during the later Lower Cenomanian. Owing to the occurrence of the ammonite Allocrioceras annulatum as a member of the Metoicoceras geslinianum Zone, Wippich & Lehmann (2004) confirmed the conclusions of Hemleben (1977) and dated Hâqel and Hjoûla as Upper Cenomanian (Fig. 2). Dalla Vecchia et al. (2002) considered Hâqel and Hjoûla as lower Upper Cenomanian, because Nammoûra (another fossil-rich locality a few kilometres in the South of Hjoûla and slightly younger than Hâqel and Hjoûla) is dated as Middle Cenomanian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collected by E.R. Lewis; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying
• Specimens initially in collection of Prof. E.R. Lewis, Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon. Later transferred to the museum of Mr. Robert Damon at Weymouth, and many specimens later acquired by BMNH.
Primary reference: H. Woodward. 1879. Contributions to the knowledge of fossil Crustacea. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society London 35:549-556 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 216596: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2020, edited by Josh Mordaunt
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Pseudoberyx grandis n. sp.1
Pseudoberyx grandis n. sp.1 Davis 1887 | |
Actinopteri | |
Palaeobalistum libanicum2 Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Coccodus armatus1 Pictet 1850 | |
"Chirocentrites libanicus" = Ichthyodectes libanicus1
"Chirocentrites libanicus" = Ichthyodectes libanicus1 Pictet and Humbert 1866 | |
"Clupea lewisii n. sp." = Lebonichthys lewisi1
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Aipichthys velifer3, "Aipichthys minor" = Aipichthys minor3, "Platax brevis n. sp." = Aipichthys minor1
Aipichthys velifer3 Woodward 1901
"Aipichthys minor" = Aipichthys minor3 Pictet 1850
"Platax brevis n. sp." = Aipichthys minor1 Pictet 1850 | |
"Pycnosterinx lewisii n. sp." = Hoplopteryx lewisi1
"Pycnosterinx lewisii n. sp." = Hoplopteryx lewisi1 Davis 1887 | |
"Pseudoberyx longispina n. sp." = Nematonotus longispinus1
"Pseudoberyx longispina n. sp." = Nematonotus longispinus1 Davis 1887 | |
"Rhinellus laniatus n. sp." = Apateopholis laniatus1, "Rhinellus longirostris n. sp." = Apateopholis laniatus1
"Rhinellus laniatus n. sp." = Apateopholis laniatus1 Davis 1887
"Rhinellus longirostris n. sp." = Apateopholis laniatus1 Davis 1887 | |
Rhinellus curtirostris n. sp.1
Rhinellus curtirostris n. sp.1 Davis 1887 | |
Phylactocephalus microlepis n. gen. n. sp.1
Phylactocephalus microlepis n. gen. n. sp.1 Davis 1887 | |
"Beryx ovalis n. sp." = Ctenothrissa vexillifer1
"Beryx ovalis n. sp." = Ctenothrissa vexillifer1 Pictet 1850 | |
"Spaniodon hakelensis n. sp." = Charitosomus hakelensis1
"Spaniodon hakelensis n. sp." = Charitosomus hakelensis1 Davis 1887 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Exocoetoides minor n. gen. n. sp.1 Davis 1887
"? Engraulis tenuis n. sp." = Exocoetoides tenuis1 Davis 1887 | |
"Spathiurus dorsalis n. gen. n. sp." = Spathiurus dorsalis1, "Amphilaphurus major n. gen. n. sp." = Spathiurus dorsalis1
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"Petalopteryx dorsalis n. sp." = Aphanepygus dorsalis1
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Rhinobatus expansus n. sp." = Pararaja expansa1
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"Rhinobatus grandis n. sp." = Rhinobatos maronita1
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Malacostraca | |
Squilla lewesii n. sp.
Squilla lewesii n. sp. Woodward 1879 mantis shrimp | |
Xiphosura | |
"Limulus syriacus n. sp." = Tachypleus syriacus
"Limulus syriacus n. sp." = Tachypleus syriacus Woodward 1879 horseshoe crab |