Waulsort (Carboniferous of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.2° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° S, 5.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ivorian (353.8 - 346.7 Ma)

• Late Tournaisian; was Carboniferous Limestone.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: trilobites only

Primary reference: G. Hahn, R. Hahn, and C. Brauckmann. 1980. Die Trilobiten des belgischen Kohlenkalkes (Unter-Karbon). 1. Proetinae, Cyrtosymbolinae und Aulacopleuridae. Geologica et Palaeontologica 14:165-188 [D. Korn/D. Korn/D. Korn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37122: authorized by Dieter Korn, entered by Dieter Korn on 03.03.2004, edited by Daniela Liebsch

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus (Pudoproetus) teutates" = Pudoproetus, "Proetus (Pudoproetus) toutiorix" = Pudoproetus, "Proetus (Pudoproetus) incertus" = Pudoproetus
"Proetus (Pudoproetus) teutates" = Pudoproetus trilobite
"Proetus (Pudoproetus) toutiorix" = Pudoproetus trilobite
"Proetus (Pudoproetus) incertus" = Pudoproetus trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Phillipsia (Phillipsia) gemmulifera2 Phillips 1836 trilobite
Phillipsia (Phillipsia) kellyi2 Portlock 1843 trilobite
Phillipsia kellyi arduinna n. ssp.
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus ouralicus1 trilobite
Brachimetopus ouralicus ornatus (Tn 3c)
Brachymetopus sucellus n. sp.1 trilobite
Brachymetopus sucellus waulsortensis n. ssp.
Brachymetopus maccoyi1 Portlock 1843 trilobite
Brachymetopus maccoyi spinimarginatus