Jdeidet Bkassine (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

Where: Lebanon (33.6° N, 35.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 31.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, carbonaceous sandstone

• "Dysodile", sedimentary rocks characterized by their finely laminated millimetric layers. and high organic matter content.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Natural History of the Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Fanar

Primary reference: D. Azar, C. de la Ferté, L. El Hajj, A. Nel, and S. Maksoud. 2019. An unusual ephemeropteran larva from the Lower Cretaceous dysodiles of Lebanon. Palaeoentomology 2:192-198 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227088: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Ephemeroptera -
Libanoephemera inopinatabranchia n. gen. n. sp.
Libanoephemera inopinatabranchia n. gen. n. sp. Azar et al. 2019 mayfly
INS 63124/1
 Blattodea - Blattulidae
? Ocelloblattula striata n. sp.2
? Ocelloblattula striata n. sp.2 Káčerová and Azar 2022 cockroach
INS-63124/2
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Leptotarsus reyi n. sp.1
Leptotarsus reyi n. sp.1 Azar and Nel 2023 crane fly
F-INS-63124/5
1Azar and Nel 2023; 2Káčerová and Azar 2022