Hadjoula (MSNTC collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Metoicoceras geslinianum ammonoid zone, 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: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Storia Naturale e del Territorio, Università di Pisa, Italy.

Primary reference: A. F. Bannikov and C. Sorbini. 2005. A new beryciform genus and family from the Cenomanian of Hajula (Lebanon). In F. J. Poyato-Ariza (ed.), Fourth International Meeting on Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics, Homology, and Nomenclature 29-32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220882: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Beryciformes - Quaesitoberycidae
Quaesitoberyx minutus n. sp. Bannikov and Sorbini 2005
MSNTC I13799