Hadjoula (MSNM collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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

Where: Lebanon (34.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 30.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphy. AGE: Cenomanian; no justification provided for age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous carbonate

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Stated to be calcareous. Appears to be a chalk from figured specimens. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector; specimens likely purchased. REPOSITORY: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM or MCSNM)

Primary reference: C. Larghi. 2004. Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):528-541 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69119: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.02.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Only Brachyura listed, fish present, but not listed. Not exhaustive. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, modern nomenclature, species resolution data provided.
Cephalopoda
 Octopoda - Palaeoctopodidae
Keuppia sp.3, Keuppia levante n. gen. n. sp.3
Keuppia sp.3 Fuchs et al. 2009 octopus
Keuppia levante n. gen. n. sp.3 Fuchs et al. 2009 octopus
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Oplophoridae
Odontochelion cretaceum4 Roger 1946 shrimp
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
? Palinuridae indet.8 Latreille 1802 spiny lobster
Jasus sp.5 Parker 1883 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Cancrinidae
Cancrinos libanensis n. sp.7 Garassino and Schweigert 2006 decapod
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp.5 Leach 1814 decapod
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
Glyphea damesi n. sp.5 Garassino 2001 decapod
 Decapoda - Erymidae
"Eryma cretacea" = Eryma cretaceum4
"Eryma cretacea" = Eryma cretaceum4 Roger 1946 decapod
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Homarus hakelensis4 Fraas 1878 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Diogenidae
Striadiogenes frigerioi n. gen. n. sp.6
Striadiogenes frigerioi n. gen. n. sp.6 Garassino et al. 2009 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Dorippidae
 Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
 Decapoda - Homolidae
 Decapoda - Carpopenaeidae
Carpopenaeus septemspinatus4 Dames 1886 decapod
Carpopenaeus callirostris4 Glaessner 1946 decapod
 Decapoda - Aegeridae
Acanthochirana smithwoodwardi4 Van Straelen 1940 decapod
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
Microchela rostrata4 Garassino 1994 decapod
Libanocaris rogeri4 Garassino 1994 decapod
Hakelocaris vavassorii4 Garassino 1994 decapod
Carinacaris teruzzii4 Garassino 1994 decapod
Actinopteri
 Beryciformes -
Berycopsis pulcher1 Bannikov and Bacchia 2005
MCSNM V3934
 Beryciformes - Quaesitoberycidae
Quaesitoberyx minutus2 Bannikov and Sorbini 2005
MCSNM V3936