Hadjoula (Swedish Museum of Natural History collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

Also known as Hjoula, Hgula, Hajula, Hadjula, Djoula

Where: Lebanon (34.1° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° N, 30.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Metoicoceras geslinianum ammonoid zone, Sannine Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Hjoûla Lagerstätte of the Sannine Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: Repository: Swedish Museum of Natural History

Primary reference: C. Patterson. 1967. A second specimen of the Cretaceous teleost Protobrama and the relationships of the sub-order Tselfatioidei. Arkiv för Zoologi, Serie 2 19(8):215-234 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221659: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Tselfatiiformes - Protobramidae
Protobrama avus Woodward 1942
SMNH P.2054