Hoeleden: Early/Lower Oligocene, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
cf. Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815
cf. Salamandra sp. Laurenti 1768
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Eopelobates bayeri Spinar 1952
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus grandipes (Giebel 1851)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Theridomys margaritae Vianey-Liaud 1989
recombined as Paratheridomys margaritae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber butselensis
Mammalia - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus cf. hyracinus Gervais 1850
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
Eggysodon sp. Roman 1910
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 5.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.2° North, 1.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:60 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Borgloon
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:183666
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-01-12 06:08:35 Last modified:2017-01-12 06:08:35
Access level:the public Released:2017-01-12 06:08:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
61354. R. Smith. 2003. Les vertébrés terrestres de l’Oligocène inférieur de Belgique (Formation de Borgloon, MP 21): inventaire et interprétation des données actuelles. Coloquios de Paleontología 1:647-657 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]