Where: Belgium (50.9° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 1.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Borgloon Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: R. Smith. 2003. Les vertébrés terrestres de l’Oligocène inférieur de Belgique (Formation de Borgloon, MP 21): inventaire et interprétation des données actuelles. Coloquios de Paleontología 1:647-657 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 183666: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.01.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Eggysodon sp. Roman 1910 odd-toed ungulate | |
Tapirulus cf. hyracinus Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
Steneofiber butselensis beaver | |
"Theridomys margaritae" = Paratheridomys margaritae
"Theridomys margaritae" = Paratheridomys margaritae Vianey-Liaud 1989 rodent | |
Amphibia | |
Eopelobates bayeri Spinar 1952 spadefoot toad | |
Palaeobatrachus grandipes Giebel 1851 frog | |
cf. Salamandra sp. Laurenti 1768 salamander
cf. Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt |