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Dinopteryx
''Dinopteryx'' ("terrible wing") is an extinct genus of prehistoric beardfish from the Late Cretaceous period. It contains a single species, ''D. spinosus'', known from the Santonian of Lebanon (Sahel Alma). It is the only member of the extinct family Dinopterygidae, which is considered a distinct family of the Polymixiiformes. It was previously placed in the genus ''Hoplopteryx''. See also * Prehistoric fish * List of prehistoric bony fish A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, known simply as List College, is the undergraduate school of the J ... References Polymixiiformes Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Late Cretaceous bony fish Late Cretaceous fish of Asia Santonian genera Fossils of Lebanon Taxa named by Arthur Smith Woodward Fossil taxa described in 1901 {{beryciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahel Alma (fossil Site)
Sahel Alma or Sahel Aalma is a Late Cretaceous Paleontology, paleontological site and Lagerstätte, Konservat-Lagerstätte in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon. Located near the Sahel Alma, town of the same name, it documents well-preserved deepwater marine fossils dating to the late Santonian stage of the Cretaceous. It is often associated with the slightly older, similarly famous Sannine Formation sites (Haqel, Hadjula, and Nammoura), with these four sites being together referred to as the "Fish Beds" of Lebanon. It is one of the few fossiliferous units of the Chekka Formation, a wider geological formation in Lebanon deposited from the Late Cretaceous to the early Paleogene. Description Much like the fossil sites of the older Sannine Formation, Sahel Alma contains exquisitely preserved marine fossils from the Tethys Ocean, deposited off the northern coast of the Afro-Arabian continent. However, unlike the Sannine Formation sites, which were deposited in relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
