Saint-Josseten-Noode (Eocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.9° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 1.6° 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 219005: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.03.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula oweni Agassiz 1844 bonefish
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti, "Cybium stormsi" = Scomberomorus stormsi, Cybium bleekeri
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
"Cybium stormsi" = Scomberomorus stormsi Leriche 1905
Cybium bleekeri Storms 1892
 Scombriformes -
 Tetraodontiformes - Triodontidae
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905
 Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae
Ostracion clavatus Casier 1946
 Acanthopterygii -