Four Cretaceous Fossil Fish (Scombroclupea) - Lebanon

This is an association of four, Cretaceous fossil fish (Scombroclupea) with Geocoma brittle stars and Carpopenaeus shrimp. They were quarried from the famous marine lagerstätte near Hakel, Lebanon. All fish are well preserved and bear no visible restoration. The reverse side of the specimen features three Hemisaurida fish and various crustaceans. The limestone has a few minor repaired cracks that run through it.

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