ENCI-Heidelberg Cement Group quarry (Valkenburg Mbr) (Cretaceous of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (50.8° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valkenburg Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• lowermost portion of the Valkenburg Member, i.e. between 0 and 0.5 m above its base (= Lichtenberg Horizon

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2013

Primary reference: A. S. Schulp and J. W. M. Jagt. 2015. New material of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the type Maastrichtian of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 94(1):19-21 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219136: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Prognathodon cf. saturator
Prognathodon cf. saturator Dortangs et al. 2002 mosasaur
NHMM JJ 15128