2017-10-06 Een 100 jaar oude visfossiel gekregen van Faisal el Khalil in Byblos_Lebanon.

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2017-10-06 Een 100 jaar oude visfossiel gekregen van Faisal el Khalil in Byblos_Lebanon.

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Een Fossiel van een Arnigatus Brevissimus nr.35321 Identificatie: Genus: Armigatus Grande, 1982 Age: Upper Cretaceous- 100 million years Locality: Haqil- Byblos - Lebanon Geographical distribution: Middle East Features: Small oval-shaped fish with dorsal fin in the middle of the back. Characterized by scuts or dorsal bone patches on the two-thirds of the distance between the dorsal fin and the skull. Remarks: First Lebanese species to be described by De Blainville in 1818, under the name of Clupea brevissima. It was called later on Diplomystus brevissimus and receive in the 80s its present day name Armigatus brevissimus (de Blainville, 1818) Recent relatives: Genus close to present day sardines and herrings. Mémoire Du Temps. Abi Saad Frères, Citadel Area, Byblos Lebanon 實(961)-3-742099,378901,755117, 9-540555 Web: www.memoryoftime.com. E.mail: [email protected]

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September 19, 2026