Hoegaarden (reworked) (Eocene of Belgium)

Where: Brabant, Belgium (50.8° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dormaal Member (Tienen Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Smith and J. J. Hooker. 1996. Sur la présence de dents de mammifères (Creodonta, Perissodactyla) près de la limite Paléocène-Eocène à Hoegaarden, Belgique. Palaeovertebrata 25(2-4):115-124 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174627: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 19.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla -
? Hallensia sp. Franzen and Haubold 1986 odd-toed ungulate
IRScNB M1795 and 1796
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville 1842 creodont
IRSNB M1797 (LDP/4)