Boom (Rupelian): Rupelian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Tydea septentrionalis n. gen., n. sp.
Mayr and Smith 2012
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Mayr and Smith 2012 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx stormsi n. sp.
Delheid 1899
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Delheid 1899 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae | ||||||||||
| IRSNB R 354a–c (holotype), four costal fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Chelone vanbenedeni
Smets 1886
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Dollo 1909 | |||||||||
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Bryochelys waterkeyni
Van Beneden 1871
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Dollo 1909 | |||||||||
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Chelyopsis littoreus
Van Beneden 1886
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Dollo 1909 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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"Psephophorus" rupeliensis
Van Beneden 1883
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Wood et al. 1996 | |||||||||
| CMNH 19750, partial carapace | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Insectivora
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? Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Misonne 1958 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| insectivore | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Halitherium schinzi
(Kaup 1838)
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Dollo 1909 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Dugongidae | ||||||||||
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Halitherium schinzi
(Kaup 1838)
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Dollo 1909 | |||||||||
| forma delheidi | ||||||||||
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= Halitherium uytterhoeveni n. sp.
Abel 1925
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Domning 1996 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Dugongidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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? Plesictis sp.
Pomel 1846
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Misonne 1958 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Dollo 1909 | |||||||||
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Aceratherium cf. albigense
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Misonne 1958 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Misonne 1958 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lophiiformes
- Lophiidae
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Lophius dolloi
Leriche 1908
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Schultz 2006 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Diogenidae
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Ciliopagurus obesus n. sp.
van Bakel et al. 2003
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van Bakel et al. 2003 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Antwerpen |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 4.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.4° North, 0.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Boom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Boom Clay | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52047 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, C. Peredo, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, C. Peredo |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-13 16:36:48 | Last modified: | 2017-09-01 13:01:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-13 16:36:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13940. | B. du Bus. 1868. Note sur une découverte paléontologique faite à Boom. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale 37:20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 64315 | E. Delheid. 1899. Un Trionyx de l’argile de Boom (Oligocène moyen). Annales de la Société Zoologique de Belgique 33:76-77 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 18787 | L. Dollo. 1889. Premiere Note sure les Sireniens de Boom. Bulletin de la Société belge de géologie, de paléontologie et d'hydrologie 3:415-421 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29875 | L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12966 | D. P. Domning. 1996. Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 80:1-611 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 74297 | G. Mayr and T. Smith. 2012. A fossil albatross from the early Oligocene of the North Sea Basin. The Auk 129(1):87-95 [C. Peredo/C. Peredo] | |
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 19106 | X. Misonne. 1958. Faune du Tertiare et du Pleistocene inferieur de Belgique (Oiseaux et mammiferes) Donnees paleontologiques. Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin 34(5):1-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 62739 | O. Schultz. 2006. An Anglerfish, Lophius (Osteichthyes, Euteleostei, Lophiidae), from the Leitha Limestone (Badenian, Middle Miocene) of the Vienna Basin, Austria (Central Paratethys). Beitrage Paläontologie 30:427-435 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 41049 | decapod | B. W. M. van Bakel, J. W. M. Jagt, and R. H. B. Fraaije. 2003. Clipopagurus obesus, a new species of Oligoene hermit crab from northwest Belgium. Cainozoic Research 2(1-2):109-116 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson] |
| 63701 | R. C. Wood, J. Johnson-Gove, E. S. Gaffney and K. F. Maley. 1996. Evolution and Phylogeny of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelyidae), with Descriptions of New Fossil Taxa. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(2):266-286 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |