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Issue: Vol. 1 No. 1: March 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.1.1.7
Page range: 90-98
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 86

Tannoura: A new early Barremian fossiliferous amber outcrop from South Lebanon

Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Petroleum Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing; Jiangsu 210008; China; Lebanese University; Faculty of Sciences II; Department of Natural Sciences; Fanar; P.O. Box 26110217; Fanar–El-Maten; Lebanon
Lebanese University; Faculty of Sciences II; Department of Natural Sciences; Fanar; P.O. Box 26110217; Fanar–El-Maten; Lebanon
Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Petroleum Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing; Jiangsu 210008; China; Lebanese University; Faculty of Sciences II; Department of Natural Sciences; Fanar; P.O. Box 26110217; Fanar–El-Maten; Lebanon
Lebanese amber fossil insects biological inclusions Lower Cretaceous FT-IR Mesozoic

Abstract

A fossiliferous amber outcrop in Tannoura (Rashayya District, Southern Lebanon) is described. This new discovery constitutes the 30th amber outcrop with biological inclusions in Lebanon and enriches and improves our knowledge about the palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironment of the North-Eastern coast of Gondwana during the early Barremian. Also, an infrared spectrum of the amber from Tannoura is given and discussed.

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