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: American University of Beirut

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1942. Some new and little-known Upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 9:537-568 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221232: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2021

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