Hakel (Humbert collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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

Collected by Alois Humbert

Collection methods: quarrying

• 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 221227: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2021

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
  -
Pseudoberyx bottae n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
Pseudoberyx syriacus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
Actinopteri
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
"Chirocentrites libanicus n. sp." = Ichthyodectes libanicus
"Chirocentrites libanicus n. sp." = Ichthyodectes libanicus Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Acanthomorphata - Aipichthyidae
"Platax minor" = Aipichthys minor
"Platax minor" = Aipichthys minor Pictet 1850
 Aulopiformes -
Aspidopleurus cataphractus n. sp. Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Aulopiformes - Aulopidae
"Clupea bottae n. sp." = Nematonotus bottae
"Clupea bottae n. sp." = Nematonotus bottae Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
"Leptotrachelus hakelensis n. sp." = Rhynchodercetis hakelensis
"Leptotrachelus hakelensis n. sp." = Rhynchodercetis hakelensis Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae
 Ctenothrissiformes - Ctenothrissidae
"Beryx vexillifer" = Ctenothrissa vexillifer
"Beryx vexillifer" = Ctenothrissa vexillifer Pictet 1850
 Teleostei -
"Clupea sardinoides" = Ornategulum sardinioides
"Clupea sardinoides" = Ornategulum sardinioides Pictet 1850
 Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatidae
"Clupea brevissima" = Armigatus brevissimus
"Clupea brevissima" = Armigatus brevissimus de Blainville 1818
 Teleostei -
"Clupea gaudryi" = Scombroclupea gaudryi Pictet and Humbert 1866
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatus maronita n. sp." = Rhinobatos maronita
"Rhinobatus maronita n. sp." = Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866 guitarfish