A new early Barremian fossiliferous amber outcrop from North Lebanon and its palaeoenvironment

A new fossiliferous amber outcrop in Akkar El-Atiqa (Akkar District, Northern Lebanon) discovered during recent geological prospection, is described. This discovery constitutes the 31st amber outcrop with biological inclusions in Lebanon and hitherto the most septentrional one among those. It enriches and improves our knowledge about the palaeobiodiversity and the depositional palaeoenvironment of the North-Eastern coast of Gondwana during the early Barremian. An infrared spectrum of amber from Akkar El-Atiqa is given and discussed.