Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tuffeau de St Symphorien Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tuffeau de St Symphorien, which unconformably overlies the Craie de Ciply (Early Maastrichtian). AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonite and belemnite biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite of the entire formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, yellow, calcareous, cherty/siliceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Multpple collectors, but probably including W.J. Kennedy. REPOSITORY: Institut Royal de Science Naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Naturhistorisch Museum.

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1993. Campanian and Maastrichtian ammonites from the Mons Basin and adajcent areas (Belgium). Bulletin de L'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 63:99-131 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82891: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.08.2008

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