Also known as Maastrichtidelphys meurismeti type locality
Where: Belgium (50.8° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Belemnitella junior other zone, Valkenburg Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• base of the Valkenburg Member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Roland Meuris and Frans Smet
Primary reference: J. E. Martin, J. A. Case, J. W. M. Jagt, A. S. Schulp, and E. W. A. Mulder. 2005. A new European marsupial indicates a Late Cretaceous high-latitude transatlantic dispersal route. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(3/4):495-511 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123181: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.01.2012, edited by Philip Mannion
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Maastrichtidelphys meurismeti n. gen. n. sp.
Maastrichtidelphys meurismeti n. gen. n. sp. Martin et al. 2005 marsupial NHMM2002 063 - holotype (right M2 tooth)
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Thalassotaenia debeyi | |
Thalassotaenia debeyi van der Ham et al. 2007 |