Wemmel (Eocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.9° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 0.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wemmel Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Glibert. 1974. Quelques Turbinoliidae Cenozoiques des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, I: Genre Turbinolia Lamarck, 1816. Bulletin Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 50(1):1-27 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123073: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia nystiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Turbinolia gerardi Vincent 1921 stony coral