Also known as Hakel, Haqil
Where: Lebanon (34.2° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Metoicoceras geslinianum ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• The precise age of Hâqel and Hjoûla varies according to different authors. ln his comprehensive sedimentological study Hückel (1970) divided the Cenomanian Limestones into seven units and concluded that Hâqel (unite V) and Hjoûla (unite IV) were deposited during the later Lower Cenomanian. Owing to the occurrence of the ammonite Allocrioceras annulatum as a member of the Metoicoceras geslinianum Zone, Wippich & Lehmann (2004) confirmed the conclusions of Hemleben (1977) and dated Hâqel and Hjoûla as Upper Cenomanian (Fig. 2). Dalla Vecchia et al. (2002) considered Hâqel and Hjoûla as lower Upper Cenomanian, because Nammoûra (another fossil-rich locality a few kilometres in the South of Hjoûla and slightly younger than Hâqel and Hjoûla) is dated as Middle Cenomanian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,
• Repository: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM)
Primary reference: O. Rieppel and J.J. Head. 2004. New specimens of the fossil snake genus Eupodophis Rage and Escuillié, from the mid-Cretaceous of Lebanon. Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 23(2):1-26 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60311: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 09.05.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham and Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Trachyteuthis bacchiai n. sp.4, Glyphiteuthis sp.4, Glyphiteuthis libanotica2, Glyphiteuthis freijii4
Glyphiteuthis freijii4 Fuchs and Larson 2011 octopus Part of Glyphiteuthis libanotica in Fuchs, 2006
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Styletoctopus annae n. gen. n. sp.3
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Xiphosura | |
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Malacostraca | |
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Phoenice pasinii n. gen. n. sp.6
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"Eryma cretacea" = Eryma cretaceum5
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Carpopenaeus septemspinatus5, "Carpopenaeus callirostris" = Carpopenaeus callirostris5, "Pseudastacus dubertreti" = Carpopenaeus callirostris5
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Microchela rostrata n. sp.5, Libanocaris rogeri n. sp.5, Hakelocaris vavassorii n. sp.5, Carinacaris teruzzii n. sp.5, Macropenaeus incertus5
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Reptilia | |
Eupodophis descouensi Rage and Escuillié 2000 snake | |
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Actinopteri | |
Gebrayelichthys uyenoi9 Nursall and Capasso 2004 |