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
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying
• Includes material purchased at various times
Primary reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221158: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2021, edited by Anya Dalal
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
"Prionolepis cataphractus" = Aspidopleurus cataphractus3
"Prionolepis cataphractus" = Aspidopleurus cataphractus3 Pictet and Humbert 1866 | |
Enchodus marchesettii3 Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895 | |
Eurypholis boissieri3 Pictet 1850 | |
Ichthyotringa delicata3 Hay 1903 | |
"Leptotrachelus hakelensis" = Rhynchodercetis hakelensis
"Leptotrachelus hakelensis" = Rhynchodercetis hakelensis Pictet and Humbert 1866 | |
Phylactocephalus microlepis3 Davis 1887 | |
Pycnosterinx dubius n. sp.
Pycnosterinx dubius n. sp. Davis 1887 beardfish | |
Sardinioides minimus3 Agassiz 1839 | |
"Anguilla hakelensis n. sp." = Abisaadia hakelensis
"Anguilla hakelensis n. sp." = Abisaadia hakelensis Davis 1887 eel | |
Davichthys gardneri n. sp.1
Davichthys gardneri n. sp.1 Forey 1973 | |
Palaeobalistum ventralis n. sp.
Palaeobalistum ventralis n. sp. Davis 1887 | |
Malacostraca | |
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Carpopenaeus callirostris n. gen. n. sp.2
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"Acanthochirus cenomanicus n. sp." = Acanthochirana cenomanica2
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"Notopocorystes syriacus n. sp." = Cretacoranina syriacus4
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