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 | |
Cheirothrix libanicus n. sp.
Cheirothrix libanicus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866 | |
"Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata
"Rhinellus furcatus" = Ichthyotringa furcata Agassiz 1843 | |
Leptotrachelus triqueter Pictet 1850 | |
"Eurypholis longidens" = Enchodus longidens
"Eurypholis longidens" = Enchodus longidens Pictet 1850 | |
Leptosomus macrourus n. sp., Leptosomus crassicostatus n. sp.
Leptosomus macrourus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
Leptosomus crassicostatus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866 | |
Solenognathus lineolatus n. sp.
Solenognathus lineolatus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866 | |
"Beryx syriacus n. sp." = Hoplopteryx syriacus
"Beryx syriacus n. sp." = Hoplopteryx syriacus Pictet and Humbert 1866 | |
"Pycnosterinx heckelii" = Acrogaster heckeli
"Pycnosterinx heckelii" = Acrogaster heckeli Pictet 1850 | |
Pycnosterinx discoides Heckel 1849 beardfish
Pycnosterinx elongatus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866 beardfish | |
Spaniodon brevis n. sp., Spaniodon elongatus
Spaniodon brevis n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
Spaniodon elongatus Pictet 1850 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Opistopteryx gracilis Pictet 1850 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Scyllium sahelalmae n. sp." = Mesiteia sahelalmae
"Scyllium sahelalmae n. sp." = Mesiteia sahelalmae Pictet and Humbert 1866 carpet shark |