Geulhem (KBIN collection): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Netherlands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Orthopsidae
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Orthopsis miliaris
(d'Archiac 1835)
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Geography
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 5.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 4.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maastricht |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | chalk |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: lithology described as a chalk | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 196853 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-10-10 22:27:40 | Last modified: | 2018-10-10 22:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-10-10 22:27:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67044. | J. F. Geys and J. Jagt. 1986. Additional regular echinoids from the Upper Cretaceous in the Maastricht area (Belgium). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 60:93-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |