Vieux-Genappe: Lutetian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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cf. Macrodontopteryx oweni
Harrison and Walker 1976
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Geography
| Country: | Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 4.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 0.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Brussels | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Lutetian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124685 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-21 09:04:33 | Last modified: | 2012-02-20 16:04:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-21 09:04:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40313. | G. Mayr and T. Smith. 2010. Bony-toothed birds (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the middle Eocene of Belgium. Palaeontology 53(2):365-376 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |