Sahil Alma (Tristram collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

Also known as Sahel Alma

Where: Lebanon (34.0° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 31.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• The first dating of the section as "Senonian" by Fraas (1878) was refined by Ejel & Dubertret (1966) as Upper Santonian based on planktonic foraminifera.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collected by Tristram; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221155: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2021

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
"Thyellina curtirostris n. sp." = Palaeotriakis curtirostris
"Thyellina curtirostris n. sp." = Palaeotriakis curtirostris Davis 1887 hound shark