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Edgellia libanica n. organo-gen., n. organo-sp., a new Dasycladalean organ from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon

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Edgellia libanica n. organo-gen., n. organo-sp., a new Dasycladalean organ, is described. The comparison of this unique remain to the 14 existing organo-genera suggests that it could correspond either to internal clusters of cysts of an endosporate Dasycladale, possibly Harlanjohnsonella annulata Elliott, or to external gametophores of a choristoporate or goniosporate Dasycladale. To date, it is only known from the Jezzinian regional stage of a locality in Anti-Lebanon near the Lebanese-Syrian border.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the valuable suggestions made by Prof. Ioan I. Bucur (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and Prof. Filippo Barattolo (Napoli, Italy) on an earlier version of the manuscript. BG would like to thank Phil Salvador for his appreciated help with the final (English) text. This publication is a contribution to research undertaken by the laboratory “Advanced Micropaleontology, Biodiversity and Evolution Researches (AMBER)” at the Lebanese University in Beirut under the leadership of Dany Azar. DA wants to thank the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the support under the CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI).

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    Sibelle Maksoud & Dany Azar

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    Sibelle Maksoud, Huang Diying & Dany Azar

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Maksoud, S., Granier, B., Diying, H. et al. Edgellia libanica n. organo-gen., n. organo-sp., a new Dasycladalean organ from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon. Arab J Geosci 14, 1337 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07717-9

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