3.7" Partial, Cretaceous Ray (Cyclobatis) Pos/Neg - Hakel, Lebanon

This is a beautiful, 3.7" wide, partial fossil ray (Cyclobatis sp.) from the Cretaceous aged marine deposits of Hakel, Lebanon. The rock split beautifully, resulting in a positive and negative of the ray. Both halves of this specimen are included with this purchase. There has been no restoration to the fossil.

Comes with two display stands.

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
A photo of the quarry at Hakel, Lebanon


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DETAILS
SPECIES
Cyclobatis sp.
LOCATION
Hakel, Byblos, Lebanon
FORMATION
Sannine Formation
SIZE
3.7" wide on 8 x 4.2" limestone
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#173153
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