Orp-le-Grand: Ypresian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus depressifrons
Blainville 1855
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Delfino and Smith 2009 | |||||||||
| recombined as Asiatosuchus depressifrons | ||||||||||
| IRSNB R252 (IG 9912A; fragmentary skull and lower jaw); IRSNB R253 (IG 9912B; fragmentary skull and lower jaw); IRSNB IG 9875 (21 vertebrae or vertebral fragments, ilium, ischium, pubis, several metapodials, nine ribs, four gastralia, 40 osteoderms or osteoderm fragments) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Simoedosauridae
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Simoedosaurus lemoinei
Gervais 1877
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| nomen dubium belonging to Simoedosaurus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
| small form | ||||||||||
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Palaeotrionyx aff. vittatus
(Pomel 1847)
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Axestemys vittata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Brabant |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 5.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° North, 2.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 43 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tienen |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144103 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-30 23:13:00 | Last modified: | 2018-03-23 15:46:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-30 23:13:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29875. | L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 60047 | F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 46599 | M. Delfino and T. Smith. 2009. A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of ‘Crocodylus’ depressifrons Blainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156:140-167 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |