Sahel Alma (SMNS collection): Late/Upper Santonian, Lebanon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Octobrachia
- Plesioteuthidae
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? Dorateuthis sp.
Woodward 1883
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= Dorateuthis syriaca
Woodward 1883
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Fuchs and Larson 2011 | ||||||
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Sepialites sahilalmae n. sp.
Naef 1922
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| synonym of Dorateuthis syriaca | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Octobrachia
- Palaeoctopodidae
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Beloteuthis libanotica n. sp.
Naef 1922
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| synonym of Palaeoctopus newboldi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° North, 35.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.3° North, 31.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The first dating of the section as "Senonian" by Fraas (1878) was refined by Ejel & Dubertret (1966) as Upper Santonian based on planktonic foraminifera. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone | ||
| Environment: | carbonate indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMNS |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sahil Alma | ||
| Database number: | 213129 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-08-25 23:28:41 | Last modified: | 2020-08-26 10:32:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-08-25 23:28:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73574. | T. Engeser and J. Reitner. 1986. Coleoidenreste aus der Oberkreide des Libanon im Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 124:1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 73503 | D. Fuchs and N. Larson. 2011. Diversity, morphology, and phylogeny of cephalopods from the Upper Cretaceous plattenkalks of Lebanon - part I: Prototeuthidina. Journal of Paleontology 85:234-249 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |