Sahel Alma (fossil site)

Sahel Alma
Stratigraphic range: Late Santonian ~85–84 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Lagerstätte
Unit of	Chekka Formation
Lithology
Primary	Chalk, limestone
Location
Coordinates	34°00′N 35°42′E / 34.0°N 35.7°E / 34.0; 35.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	12°54′N 30°24′E / 12.9°N 30.4°E / 12.9; 30.4
Region	Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate
Country	Lebanon
Type section
Named for	Sahel Alma
Sahel Alma (fossil site) (Lebanon)

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.^[1]

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.^[2]