5.45" Fossil Eurypholis With Nematonotus & Shrimp - Hjoula, Lebanon

Fossil Eurypholis With Nematonotus & Shrimp - Hjoula, Lebanon #202166

This is a 15" wide slab of limestone that contains multiple fossil fish and shrimp that can be found on the front and back side of the rock. The "front" of the limestone contains a 5.45" long Eurypholis fish, a 4" long Nematonotus fossil fish, and five Carpopenaeus shrimp fossils. The back side of the rock contains a Gaudryella fish fossil, along with five well preserved shrimp fossils. This natural marine fossil association was quarried from the famous Upper Cretaceous age, marine lagerstätte near Hjoula, Lebanon.

The limestone is free from repair, restoration, and color enhancement to the fossils. Comes with an acrylic/metal display stand.

The discovery of amazingly preserved marine fossils near Hjoula, Lebanon dates back many centuries. In fact, they were first mentioned in writing by Herodotus, over 450 years before the birth of Christ. The first scientific work on these localities began in the 1800s: these deposits have been meticulously quarried by several Lebanese families for over a century. We purchase our specimens directly from one of these families.

These deposits represent a warm, shallow sea of the Middle Cretaceous, and have yielded over 70 types of fish and numerous other genera found nowhere else in the world. The preservation on many of these specimens is truly amazing: many examples of soft bodied preservation have been found.

A photo of one of the quarries at Hjoula, Lebanon