10.5" Fossil Fish Plate (Charitosomus & Scombroclupea) - Lebanon

This is a fossil fish plate from the Upper Cretaceous marine deposits near Hakel, Lebanon. It contains a 4.8 " Scombroclupea and a 2.8" Charitosomus, as well as, three other unidentified fish.
The fish show bones and fin rays.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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
A photo of the quarry at Hakel, Lebanon

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DETAILS
SPECIES
Scombroclupea sp., Charitosomus sp.
LOCATION
Byblos, Lebanon
FORMATION
Hakel Formation
SIZE
4.8" largest fish, 10.4 x 7.5" rock
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#124007
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