Where: Belgium (49.6° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès d'Orval Formation, Semicostatum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• 10 m of sandstone exposed in quarry. Shark fragments come from interval about halfway up section, a level rich in cardiniid shells and other molluscs. Zone of Belemnites acutus.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Saussus, M. Van Schepdael

• Repository: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Primary reference: E. Casier. 1959. Contributions a l'étude des poissons fossiles de la Belgique XII. Sélaciens et Holocéphales sinémuriens de la province de Luxembourg. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Bulletin 35(8):1-27 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139849: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2013

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