Chievres (Eocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.6° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 1.1° E)

When: Argile des Flandres Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Casier. 1946. La faune ichthyologique de l'Ypresien de la Belgique. Memoires Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 104:1-267 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 218997: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Osmeroididae
"Halecopsis insignis" = Osmeroides insignis
"Halecopsis insignis" = Osmeroides insignis Delvaux and Orlieb 1844
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeopsis straeleni n. gen. n. sp.
Clupeopsis straeleni n. gen. n. sp. Casier 1946 herring