Haqil (MNHN collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

Also known as Hakel, Haqel

Where: Lebanon (34.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 30.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphy. AGE: Cenomanian; no justification provided for age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous carbonate

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Stated to be calcareous. Appears to be a chalk from figured specimens. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Reposited in the MNHN

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle

Primary reference: H. Cappetta. 1980. Les selaciens du Cretace superieur du Liban. II: Batoides. Palaeontolographica Abt. A 168(5-6):149-229 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69118: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.02.2007, edited by Mark Uhen, Matthew Clapham and Josh Mordaunt

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not exhaustive. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, modern nomenclature, species resolution data provided.
Cephalopoda
 Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae
Glyphiteuthis libanotica4 Fraas 1878 octopus
Chondrichthyes
  - Trygonidae
Cyclobatis oligodactylus Egerton 1844 shark
Cyclobatis major Davis 1887 shark
Cyclobatis tuberculatus n. sp. Cappetta 1980 shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Pararaja expansa Davis 1887 skate
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos maronita" = Rhinobatos maronita, "Rhinobatos grandis" = Rhinobatos maronita, Rhinobatos hakelensis n. sp.
"Rhinobatos maronita" = Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866 guitarfish
"Rhinobatos grandis" = Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866 guitarfish
Rhinobatos hakelensis n. sp. Cappetta 1980 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus bloti n. sp. cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon lehami n. sp. collared carpetshark
 Orectolobiformes -
Mesiteia emiliae Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1886 carpet shark
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes -
Akromystax tilmachiton n. gen. n. sp.7
Akromystax tilmachiton n. gen. n. sp.7 Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 2005
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Flagellipinna rhomboides n. gen. n. sp.3
Flagellipinna rhomboides n. gen. n. sp.3 Cawley and Kriwet 2019
MNHN.F.HAK2003, F.HAK2001, F.HAK1972, F.HAK1972b
 Salmoniformes -
"Clupea lata" = Spaniodon latus6
"Clupea lata" = Spaniodon latus6 Agassiz 1839
 Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae
Eurypholis boissieri6 Pictet 1850
 Acanthomorphata - Aipichthyidae
Aipichthys velifer5 Woodward 1901
Aipichthys minor5 Pictet 1850
 Teleostei -
"Clupea gaudryi" = Scombroclupea gaudryi6
"Clupea gaudryi" = Scombroclupea gaudryi6 Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Anguilliformes - Anguillavidae
Anguillavus quadripinnis1 Hay 1903 eel
MNHN HAK 314
 Anguilliformes -
Abisaadia hakelensis2 Davis 1887 eel