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Issue: Vol. 4 No. 4: August 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-08-31
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.4.12
Page range: 367–373
Abstract views: 837
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Baskinta and Bqaatouta: Two new early Barremian fossiliferous amber outcrops from Central Lebanon

Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Natural Sciences, Fanar, P.O. Box 26110217, Fanar–Matn, Lebanon; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China
Mazraat Yachouh, El-Matn, Lebanon
Mazraat Yachouh, El-Matn, Lebanon
Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Natural Sciences, Fanar, P.O. Box 26110217, Fanar–Matn, Lebanon; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China
Lebanese amber fossil insects biological inclusions Lower Cretaceous, Mesozoic

Abstract

Two new fossiliferous amber outcrops in the heights of Baskinta and Bqaatouta (El-Maten and Kesserouan districts, Central Lebanon) are described. These new discoveries constitute respectively the 27th and 28th amber outcrops with biological inclusions in Lebanon, enrich and improve our knowledge about the palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironment of the North-Eastern coast of Gondwana during the early Barremian.

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