Also known as Abeih

Where: Lebanon (33.7° N, 35.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 31.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abeih Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• Overlies Chouf Sandstone and underlies Mdairej Limestone. Abeih rangegs from Barremian to Lower Aptian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; brown, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: surface (float),

• late 19th century collection of Reverend William Bird and 20th century collection of Professor Day at the American University in Beirut, plus 19th century 1940 AMNH collection, totalling "almost 5000 specimens"

Primary reference: H. E. Vokes. 1946. Contributions to the paleontology of the Lebanon Mountains, Republic of Lebanon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 87(3):139-216 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69180: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 20.02.2007

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