Also known as Sahel Alma, Sahil Alma

Where: Lebanon (34.0° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 31.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• The first dating of the section as "Senonian" by Fraas (1878) was refined by Ejel & Dubertret (1966) as Upper Santonian based on planktonic foraminifera.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: Repository: collection of O.G. Costa (likely later at University of Venice), contributed by Giuliano Giordano and purchased by the Conte of Rayneval.

Primary reference: O. G. Costa. 1857. Descrizione di alcuni pesci fossili del Libano. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze 2:97-112 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221191: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2021

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