Byblos Fossil Museum

Byblos Fossil Museum

The Byblos Fossil Museum, also known as Memory of Time, is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. This museum contains fossil collections [ [http://www.memoryoftime.com/LaBoutique1.html Welcome ] ] of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish. It was opened in 1991 and is located in the old souk of Byblos. Most of its collection comes from the nearby villages of Haqel, Hjula and Ennammoura.

Bony fish fossils

Some of the bony fish fossil genera that can be seen at the museum are: "apateopholis", "belonostomus", the Cephalophods, "coccodus", and "ctenothrissa".
See: List of prehistoric bony fish.

References

External links

* [http://www.memoryoftime.com/english.html Memory of Time - Official webpage]


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