Sahel Alma (fossil site)
| Sahel Alma | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Santonian ~ | |
| Type | Lagerstätte |
| Unit of | Chekka Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Chalk, limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34°00′N 35°42′E / 34.0°N 35.7°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12°54′N 30°24′E / 12.9°N 30.4°E |
| Region | Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sahel Alma |
Sahel Alma or Sahel Aalma is a Late Cretaceous paleontological site and Konservat-Lagerstätte in Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon. Located near the town of the same name, it documents well-preserved deepwater marine fossils dating to the late Santonian stage of the Cretaceous. It is often associated with the slightly older, similarly famous Sannine Formation sites (Haqel, Hadjula, and Nammoura), with these four sites being together referred to as the "Fish Beds" of Lebanon.
It is one of the few fossiliferous units of the Chekka Formation, a wider geological formation in Lebanon deposited from the Late Cretaceous to the early Paleogene.