First nonavian dinosaur from Lebanon: a brachiosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of the Jezzine District |
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| Authors: | Eric Buffetaut Dany Azar André Nel Kamil Ziadé Aftim Acra |
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| Affiliation: | (1) CNRS (UMR 5125), 16 cour du Liégat, Paris, 75013, France;(2) Faculty of Science II, Natural Sciences Department, Lebanese University, Fanar, P.O. Box 26110217, Fanar-Matn, Lebanon;(3) Laboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris, 75005, France;(4) Pfizer-Lebanon, Amine Gemayel Street, Awkar, P.O. Box 90-674, Jdeideh, Lebanon;(5) The Lakes Apartments, 5666 East Hampton Street, Apartment 135, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA |
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| Abstract: | Two sauropod teeth from an Early Cretaceous (Neocomian) fluviodeltaic sandstone near Jezzine (Southern Lebanon) are the first nonavian dinosaur remains to be reported from Lebanon. Their distinctive character places them within Brachiosauridae. The sauropod teeth from Lebanon are a significant addition to the very scanty dinosaur record from the Levant, which hitherto consisted mainly of very poorly preserved and not easily identifiable specimens. The Basal Cretaceous Sandstone of Lebanon, thus, appears to be a potentially important source of fossil vertebrate material. |
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