Sahel Alma (Humbert collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

Also known as 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

Collected by Alois Humbert

• Repository: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève

Primary reference: F. J. Pictet and A. Humbert. 1866. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221226: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Teleostei - Cheirotricidae
Cheirothrix libanicus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae
"Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata
"Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata Agassiz 1843
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
"Eurypholis longidens" = Enchodus longidens
"Eurypholis longidens" = Enchodus longidens Pictet 1850
 Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae
Leptosomus macrourus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
Leptosomus crassicostatus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Syngnathiformes - Aulostomidae
Solenognathus lineolatus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
"Beryx syriacus n. sp." = Hoplopteryx syriacus
"Beryx syriacus n. sp." = Hoplopteryx syriacus Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Beryciformes -
"Pycnosterinx heckelii" = Acrogaster heckeli
"Pycnosterinx heckelii" = Acrogaster heckeli Pictet 1850
 Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
Pycnosterinx discoides Heckel 1849 beardfish
Pycnosterinx elongatus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866 beardfish
 Salmoniformes -
Spaniodon brevis n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
Spaniodon elongatus Pictet 1850
Osteichthyes
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Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes -
"Scyllium sahelalmae n. sp." = Mesiteia sahelalmae
"Scyllium sahelalmae n. sp." = Mesiteia sahelalmae Pictet and Humbert 1866 carpet shark