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Figure 3: A- Geological map: fossiliferous outcrop of Mechmech (Ain El-Khyar) (red arrow) outcrop (modified after Dubertret, 1951c; Guerre, 1975). J6 = uppermost Jurassic; C2a = lower Barremian "Grès du Liban" sandstone; C2b = Barremian clay and oolitic deposition of the upper part of the "Grès du Liban" and oolitic deposition of the lower part of the Jezzinian; C3 = micritic part of the Jezzinian (uppermost Barremian–lowermost Aptian); C4 = Albian; C4-5 = Albian–Cenomanian; C5 = Cenomanian; Q = Quaternary scree; βC3 = Jezzinian volcanic deposition. Thick lines represent faults. Scale bar = 1 km. B- General view of the outcrop of Mechmech (Ain El-Khyar).