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The Byblos Fossil Museum (aka Memory of Time) is a
museum in
Byblos,
Lebanon. This museum contains
fossil collections
Memory of Time
of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish. It was opened in 1991 and is in the old souk
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, such as in the W ...
of Byblos. Most of its collection comes from the nearby villages of Haqel-Byblos, Hjula, and Ennammoura.
Bony fish fossils
Some of the bony fish
Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartilag ...
fossil genera that can be seen at the museum are: '' Apateopholis'', ''Belonostomus
''Belonostomus'' (from el, βέλος , 'dart' and el, στόμα 'mouth') is a genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that was described by Louis Agassiz in 1844. It is a member of the order Aspidorhynchiformes, a group of fish known for their ...
'', the cephalopod
A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head ...
genera, '' Coccodus'', and '' Ctenothrissa''.
See also
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College
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References
External links
Memory of Time — Official website
1991 establishments in Lebanon
Museums established in 1991
Museums in Lebanon
Fossil museums
Byblos
Paleontology in Lebanon
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