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Lebanese amber is fossilized resin found in Lebanon and its surroundings. It dates back approximately 130-125 million years to the Barremian of the Early Cretaceous . It formed on what was then the northern coast of Gondwana , believed to be a tropical or subtropical zone in a temperate or hot climate. [ 1 ]
This amber, referred to as Lebanese amber, is roughly 125–135 million years old, is considered of high scientific value, providing evidence of some of the oldest sampled ecosystems. [54] In Lebanon, more than 450 outcrops of Lower Cretaceous amber were discovered by Dany Azar, [55] a Lebanese paleontologist and entomologist. Among these ...
Leptoconops antiquus is an extinct species of biting midges belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae.This species was described from fossilized remains preserved in Lower Cretaceous amber from Lebanon.
Researchers said they have discovered the oldest-known fossils of mosquitoes - two males entombed in pieces of amber dating to 130 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period and found near the ...
The presence of Leptoconops, along with Austroconops, in ancient Lebanese amber makes these the earliest existing lineages of biting midges. [3] Extinct species have also been described from amber from Siberia, New Jersey, Canada, Hungary, Sakhalin, France, [4] and Spain. [6] Adult Leptoconops females are diurnal feeders, and suck vertebrate blood.
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The earliest known account of Lebanese fossils is attributed to Herodotus. [1] [2] The existence of fossil fishes in the Lebanon is referred to by Jean de Joinville.In his Histoire de Saint Louis he wrote that during the sojourn of King Louis IX of France at Sidon in 1253, just before his return home from the Seventh Crusade, a stone was brought him,
The genus Nemedina seems to represent a most ancient lineage among the entire superfamily, ... †Phaetempis Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 Lebanese amber, Barremian