Chercq (IRSNB/KBIN collection) (Cretaceous of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.5° N, 3.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 4.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• "Dièves et Fortes Toises" (Thulin Fm. and Thivencelles Fm.)

Environment/lithology: marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) = Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRScNB)

Primary reference: J. F. Geys. 1982. Regular echinoids from the Turonian and the Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Mons Basin (Belgium). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 53:1-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155279: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 04.04.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia cherei n. sp. Geys 1982 sea urchin
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida "indet. 1" Claus 1880 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris clavigera Mantell 1822 pencil urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Gyrosoria lata Etheridge 1881