Hoeleden (Oligocene of Belgium)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
Eggysodon sp. Roman 1910 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus cf. hyracinus Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
"Theridomys margaritae" = Paratheridomys margaritae
"Theridomys margaritae" = Paratheridomys margaritae Vianey-Liaud 1989 rodent
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Eopelobates bayeri Spinar 1952 spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus grandipes Giebel 1851 frog
 Caudata - Urodela
cf. Salamandra sp. Laurenti 1768 salamander
cf. Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt