Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 113, May 2014, pp. 1-26.

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Coelacanth Fish Fossils † Macropomoides
orientalis Woodward, 1942 from Lebanon
By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher
Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa
When I was writing some articles about the Coelacanth Fishes, I noticed that
there were some Lebanese Coelacanth fish fossil specimens for sale on the
internet and other specimens were in Museums or Private Collections.
These coelacanth fish fossils belong to the species † Macropomoides orientalis
Woodward, 1942 from the Upper Cretaceous (Middle Cenomanian) Limestone in
Haqel (Hakel) and Hajula, Lebanon.

A coelacanth fossil Macropomoides orientalis Woodward, 1942 from Lebanon. Photo at
the Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt, Germany. Photo by Ghedoghedo. 19 August
2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macropomoides_orientalis_-_Lebanon.jpg

Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 113 – May 2014