9.5" Cretaceous Fossil Fish Association - Hakel, Lebanon

Cretaceous Fossil Fish Association - Hakel, Lebanon #163102

This is a 9.5" wide slab of limestone that contains several fossil fish. The identifiable fish on this plate include a 3.9" long Eurypholis boissieri, a 2 x 1.7" Aipichthys sp. fish and a 3.3" long partial Scrombroclupea sp. fossil fish. This natural fish association was quarried from the famous Upper Cretaceous aged, marine lagerstätte near Hakel, Lebanon.

Comes with an acrylic/metal 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