Hadjoula (MNHN 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 estimated from map

• 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

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: H. Cappetta. 1980. Les selaciens du Cretace superieur du Liban. II: Batoides. Palaeontolographica Abt. A 168(5-6):149-229 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213132: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Octopoda - Palaeololiginidae
Rachiteuthis acutali n. sp.3 Jattiot et al. 2015 octopus
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Anguillavidae
Anguillavus mazeni n. sp.1 Belouze et al. 2003 eel
 Anguilliformes -
Hayenchelys germanus2 Hay 1903 eel
 Acanthomorphata - Aipichthyidae
Aipichthys minor4 Pictet 1850
Chondrichthyes
  - Trygonidae
Cyclobatis oligodactylus Egerton 1844 shark
Cyclobatis major Davis 1887 shark
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhombopterygia rajoides n. sp. Cappetta 1980 guitarfish
Rhinobatos whitfieldi Hay 1903 guitarfish
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus arambourgi n. sp. cat shark