4.1" Cretaceous Fossil Fish & Worm (Pos/Neg) - Lebanon

Cretaceous Fossil Fish & Worm (Pos/Neg) - Lebanon #70434

This is a cool association from the Upper Cretaceous, marine deposits near Hakel, Lebanon. There is a 4.1" fossil fish (Armigatus) preserved right next to a soft-bodied worm fossil. It comes with an acrylic display stand. You can also see part of what looks like a fossil Mantis Shrimp and another fish exposed near the edge of the limestone. Both the positive and negative sides of the split are included.

Armigatus is the most common fossil fish from the deposits of Lebanon. It was a fairly small schooling fish, averaging about 2 inches in length. It was originally described as Clupea, then as a species of Diplomystus before it's current name of Armigatus.

The discovery of amazingly preserved marine fossils near Hakel, 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 the quarry at Hakel, Lebanon

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