Did some Cretaceous teleosts described by Cope as North American actually come from Lebanon?
David Bardack
Seven species of teleosts were described by Cope from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Dakota. These fishes are taxonomically identical with fishes from the Cretaceous of Lebanon in western Asia. Study of clay minerals and foraminifera from matrix containing the Cope fishes, Lebanon fishes and in matrix from selected sites in South Dakota suggests that Cope's specimens did not come from North America.
This record provided courtesy of AGI/GeoRef.
