Vroenhoen (Paleocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.8° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Geulhem Chalk Member (Houthem Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: chalk

Primary reference: M. C. Halter. 1989. Additions to the fish fauna of NW Europe A new dasyatid genus from the Early Palaeocene (Danian) of the Limburg area, Belgium. Tertiary Research 10(4):179-191 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91360: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Palaeodasyatis hermani n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeodasyatis hermani n. gen. n. sp. Halter 1989 whiptail stingray