ENCI-Heidelberg Cement Group quarry (Meerssen Mbr): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Netherlands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Carinodens belgicus
(Woodward 1891)
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| recombined as Compressidens belgicus | ||||||||||
| NHMM JJ 13527 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 5.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 4.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | Member: | Meerssen |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine 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: | 214545 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | H. Drum |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2020-10-05 18:03:17 | Last modified: | 2021-03-22 11:57:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-10-05 18:03:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73974. | E. W. A. Mulder, P. Formanoy, W. B. Gallagher, J. W. M. Jagt, and A. S. Schulp. 2013. The first North American record of Carinodens belgicus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and correlation with the youngest in situ examples from the Maastrichtian type area: palaeoecological implications. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie En Mijnbouw 92(2-3):145-152 [M. Uhen/C. Shaffer] |