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Hello, I am a fish fossil collector from Taiwan, I have been playing with fossils for three years. I'm a newcomer to this forum site, please give me more advice. This is my first collection, Hakelia laticuda from Cretaceous, Lebanon,I bought it three years ago.
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I started this fossil prep project about 3 years ago and I finally finished it up and turned it into a video. A very time consuming project and had to figure out how to do some of the things I did to get this fish back together. It came in many pieces and all the pieces were of a different thickness, so I came up with an ingenious way to take care of that. I had an absolute blast making this video. Enjoy https://youtu.be/3tci_Px2TvU
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Taxonomy from GBIF.org. Alternative combination: Urenchelys hakelensis (Davis, 1887) Diagnosis translated by oilshale from French (Belouze et al. 2003 p. 367): “Very small anguillimorph fish with about 100 vertebrae clearly taller than long; length ratio between neurocranial roof and total length about 10; head high posteriorly and tapering anteriorly; premaxillae not fused to mesethmovomer; frontals not fused to sensory commissure. anteriorly; premaxillae not fused to the mesethmovomer; frontals not fused and without sensory commissure frontal; parietals very developed; high suspensorium ; ectopterygoid absent; very robust mandible with dental and articulo-angulo-articular joint welded at least laterally and without marked coronoid process; subopercle with bent anterodorsal branch; robust hyoid arch supporting at least 15 branchiosteal at least 15 very long gill rays; first caudal vertebrae without neural spines; undulated neural and hemipeles wavy; pectoral girdle with long, thin cleithra and high pectoral fins; robust caudal fin not continuous with otherwise poorly ossified dorsal and anal fins; LDFF = enPU5/7 and LAFF = ehPU4/8” Line drawing from Belouze et al. 2003, p. 368: Identified by Mr. AbiSaad, owner of the Hgula deposit. References: Davis, J.W. (1887). On the Fossil Fishes of the Chalk of Mount Lebanon in Syria. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 48 (2), 624–626. Belouze, A., Gayet, M. and Atallah, C. (2003) Les premiers Anguilliformes : II. Paraphylie du genre Urenchelys WOODWARD, 1900 et relations phylogénétiques. Geobios, Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 351-378.
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The transcription of the Arabic terms and names is often ambiguous. In the literature the locality is called Hakel, Haqel or Haquel. Taxonomy from Forrey et al., 2003. Alternative combination: Clupea bottae Pictet & Humbert, 1866; Synonym: Pseudoberyx longispina Davis 1887. Diagnosis for the genus Nematonotus according to Woodward, 1901: ”Head large, trunk short and robust. Mandibular suspensorium nearly vertical; jaws delicate and maxilla apparently not expanded behind; teeth minute. Vertebrae about 30 in number, half being caudal; the centra at least as long as deep, with a few prominent longitudinal ridges; ribs moderately robust. Pectoral fins small, close to the ventral border; pelvic fins smaller, opposed to the dorsal fin, which is situated within the anterior half of the back and exhibits one anterior ray excessively elongated and closely articulated; anal fin very small and remote; caudal fin stout but deeply forked. Scales large, smooth, and uniform, moderately thick, not serrated at the hinder border; lateral line conspicuous.” According to Forrey et al., 2003, p.302, the validity of N. bottae needs to be investigated: ”There are two recognized species, the other being N. longispinus (Davis, 1887), which is distinguished from the type species by having a greatly elongated third dorsal fin ray and an elongated second pectoral fin ray. Unfortunately, these hypertrophied fin rays are both extremely delicate and in all but the best-preserved specimens are usually broken. Further, it needs to be said that these fin rays are also extended to some extent in N. bottae. This makes separation of the two species difficult. … We cannot find any other differences between the two species except the elongation of the fin rays in N. longispinus. Clearly, a more intensive study of more specimens is needed to justify the validity of the two species and their defining characters.” Identified by oilshale using Forey et al., 2003. References: Pictet, F. J., and Humbert, A. (1866): Nouvelles recherches sur les poissons fossiles du mont Liban. Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat., Geneve, n. s. 26, 117-133. Woodward, A. S. (1899): Note on some Cretaceous clupeoid fishes with pectinated scales (Ctenothrissa and Pseudoberyx). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7 (3):489-492. Woodward, A. S. (1901): Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV :1-636. Forey, P. L., Yi, L., Patterson, C. and Davis, C. E. (2003): Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1 (4) :227-330.
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Hello, I found this rock in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. It seems an imprint of something most likely marine since the area here belongs to the Cretaceous period. Anyone has a clue what it might be? Thank you in advance.
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Hello. Can anyone tell if this is a rock formation or a possible fossil? Found in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Thank you.
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Mortality plate from Lebanon - Armigatus brevissimus
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Recent acquisition: Mortality plate of Armigatus brevissimus. There may be another type of fish on here as well. Research is ongoing. Without provenance, unfortunately, there is only guesswork from a similar specimen. Age: 98 Million Years Late Cretaceous (Cenomian) Locality: Hakel, Byblos, Lebanon© 2021 Tim Jones
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Hi everyone, I just got this Enchelion montium Eel fossil in today, and I was wondering if you could help me ID the shrimp on the back. I'm assuming it's a Carpopenaeus, but I'm not sure. There's also an odd fin-like structure near the shrimp, if anyone has any ideas as to what it belongs to (if it even belongs to anything, that is), I'd greatly appreciate it.
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Hello! Found yesterday, although I'm not even sure what it is. I put rudists in the tag section since someone told me if you don't know what it is, then it's probably a rudist (especially in Lebanon). I would also like to mention that those patterns are not only on one side, rather they're everywhere even on the small pieces that fell off while i separated it from a bigger rock.
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Viperfish from Lebanon (Eurypholis boissieri)
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Viperfish from Lebanon Eurypholis boissieri Upper Cretaceous This was a bargain auction find.© 2021 Tim Jones
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Alternative combination: Raja whitfieldi Hay 1903 Literature: HAY, O.P. (1903) On a collection of upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria, with descriptions of four new genera and nineteen new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 19 (10): 395–452.
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Crustaceans are a large, diverse group of anthropods which includes the crabs, prawns, lobsters, barnacles and other shelled animals. Perhaps owing to their hard shells and marine lifestyles, crustaceans have a rich and extensive fossil record, extending up to the Cambrian, though they do not appear in abundance until the Carboniferous. They make for attractive and familiar fossils, and are one of my favorite groups to collect. Allow me to present my humble collection. Eryon cuvieri 155 million years old | late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones; "Plattenkalk” Malm Zeta 2, Eichstatt, Germany Galene bispinosa 5 - 1 million years old | Pliocene to Pleistocene Sangiran, Central Java Carpopenaeus longistrosis 95.5 - 93 million years old | late Cretaceous Haquel, Lebanon Weichangiops rotundus (Triops) 145 - 125 million years old | early Cretaceous Dabeigou Fm; Hebei province, China
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Well, we've had Brachiopods and Trilobites, so I figured let's give fish a try! I am going to start this off with my Enchodus marchesettii from the Hakel Quarry of Lebanon. Not only is this fossil 100% complete with the only restoration done was repairing the matrix itself, but I received this from one of my good friends on none other than my birthday! This is my favorite fossil in my ENTIRE collection! More will come from the Greenriver side of my collection, I just gotta get my camera fixed
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One of the rarest and most unique fossils are aspiration pieces! I have been very lucky in acquiring 2 over the course of collecting, neither are incredibly good, but their rarity alone makes them that much more desirable! I would love to see anyone else's fish with eyes bigger than their stomachs!
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Characteristic for Eurypholis (meaning "broad scale") are the three large scales directly behind the head. References: A. S. Woodward (1901) Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636. P. L. Forey, L. Yi, C. Patterson and C. E. Davis (2003) Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(4):227-330.
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Hi all, I have a shark fossil from Hakel, Lebanon that is unidentified I presume it is of the Scyliorhinus genus. I was hoping someone would be able to tell me what species it is. It measures approximately 13 inches Thank you
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Outdated name: "Urenchelys" germanus HAY, 1903. From Wikipedia: "This genus is interesting as comprising the oldest known eels, which differ from all the tertiary and existing eels in still retaining the caudal fin. Teeth small, bluntly conical, and arranged in numerous series. Slender branchiostegal rays not curving round the opercular apparatus. Vertebrae exceeding 100 in number, the hindermost bearing a pair of expanded hypural bones. Pectoral fins present; dorsal fins arising immediately behind the occiput and extending to the caudal fin, which has stouter rays and is very small but separate. Scales rudimentary." Diagnosis translated by oilshale from French (Belouze et al. 2003, p. 353): "Anguillimorphic fish with about 102 vertebrae; heavily ossified head with massive cleithra and numerous pectoral rays; mesethmoid, separate vomer and premaxillae and paired rostral toothed plates; unwelded frontals with deep groove for supraorbital sensory canal; small supraoccipital and epiotics excluded from participation in cranial roof; palatopterygoid arch with long ecto- and entopterygoids, intimately connected to the other elements of the suspensorium; massive mandible with autogenous articuloanguloretroarticular and rounded posterolateral termination of the dentary; coronomeckelian reduced and not enclosed by the median fork of the dentary; posterior end of maxilla massive and quadrangular; multiseriate teeth numerous and small; about 13 branchiosteal rays and urohyal (bifid?) with corded head; absence of pelvic fins; caudal fin very close to dorsal and anal fins (LDFF around enPU2 and LAFF around ehPU3); 11 ventral caudal rays, 12 dorsal; first preural vertebra with neural spine." Identified by Dr. Norbert Micklich, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (HLMD). References: Anne Belouze, Mireille Gayet & Claude Atallah (2003) Les premiers Anguilliformes : II. Paraphylie du genre Urenchelys WOODWARD, 1900 et relations phylogénétiques. Geobios 36(4):351-378.
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Hi everyone, I just ordered this beautifull shark fossil from Lebanon, I saw it passing by on the webshop of one of my favorite fossil dealers and it was love at first sight! Just had to get this when I saw it, really love the preservation on it. The shark was found in Hajula, Byblos, Lebanon and is from the Cretaceous, Cenomanian (98 mya). I was only hoping if someone could tell me which species it might belong to. I am pretty sure it's some kind of catshark or carpetshark, but it turns out there are multiple of these in the Lebanon deposits like Pararhinchodon, Scyliorhinus elongatus and Paratriakis curtirostris. Also the shark measures, 12 inches / 30,50 cm So any help would be welcome! Thank you in advance!
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Not sure what to say about this find other than it found me. Was trecking @+1500 meters the old goat routes in the anti-mount Lebanon range (very narrow and step on 1 side) and at some point, I saw it lying next to a big rock. Any similar fish fossil kind? I was told that many fossils I found in the area are cretacious...nothing confirmed though.
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References: A. S. Woodward. (1901) Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636. HAY, O.P. (1903) On a collection of upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria, with descriptions of four new genera and nineteen new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 19 (10): 395–452. Peter L. Forey, Lu Yi, Colin Patterson & Cliff E. Davies (2003) Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(04):227 - 330. DOI: 10.1017/S147720190300107X
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