Echinoderms, Zeven Wegen, Gulpen, Haccourt: Late/Upper Campanian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae
Applinocrinus cretaceus (Bather 1924)
Jagt 1999
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Conometridae
Amphorometra ex gr. conoidea (Goldfuss 1839)
Jagt 1999
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae
Placometra ex gr. laticirra (Carpenter 1880)
Jagt 1999
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae
Hertha ex gr. pygmaea
Jagt 1999
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Notocrinidae
Semiometra impressa (Rasmussen 1961)
Jagt 1999
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Bourgueticrinus sp. Orbigny 1840
Jagt 1999
2 indeterminated species
? Bourgueticrinus suedicus (Carpenter 1881)
Jagt 1999
synonym of Bourgueticrinus ellipticus
Bourgueticrinus hureae (Valette 1917)
Jagt 1999
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bathycrinidae
? Monachocrinus gallicus Rasmussen 1961
Jagt 1999
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Cainocrinidae
Nielsenicrinus carinatus (Roemer 1840)
Jagt 1999
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Temnocidaris serrata
Jagt 2000
Temnocidaris sp. Cotteau 1863
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Holectypoida
? Echinogalerus hemisphaericus
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys ex gr. conica
Jagt 2000
Echinocorys ex gr. limburgica
Jagt 2000
Echinocorys ex gr. orbis
Jagt 2000
Echinocorys ex gr. ovata
Jagt 2000
Echinocorys ex gr. pyramidata
Jagt 2000
Echinocorys ex gr. subglobosa
Jagt 2000
Galeola papillosa
Jagt 2000
synonym of Echinocorys
cited as Galeola papillosa basiplana
Cardiotaxis heberti
Jagt 2000
Hagenowia sp.
Jagt 2000
Cardiaster granulosus (Goldfuss 1826)
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Diplodetus sp.
Jagt 2000
Micraster stolleyi
Jagt 2000
Micraster ex gr. schroederi Stolley 1892
Jagt 2000
cited as Micraster gr. schroederi/glyphus
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Cyclaster platornatus
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster ex gr. aquisgranensis
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea
Salenocidaris obnupta Schlüter 1892
Jagt 2000
Gauthiosoma princeps
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Gauthieria pseudoradiata (Schluter 1883)
Jagt 2000
Gauthieria mosae Geys 1980
Jagt 2000
Phymosoma ex gr. granulosum (Goldfuss 1826)
Jagt 2000
synonym of Rachiosoma corollare
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia heberti Cotteau 1861
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae
? Centrostephanus sp.
Jagt 2000
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae
? Ophiolepis falsa Jagt 2000
few dissociated lateral arm plates
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiactidae
? Ophiactis sulcata Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few dissociated lateral arm plates
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiotrichidae
? Ophiothrix cristata Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few dissociated lateral arm plates
? Ophiothrix bongaertsi Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few arm fragments and dissociated ossicules
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
? Amphiura plana Kutscher and Jagt 2000
several dozens of vertebrae and lateral arm plates
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
? Ophiacantha danica Rasmussen 1951
an individual, few fragmentary arms and numerous lateral arm plates
? Ophiacantha striata Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few dissociated lateral arm plates
? Ophiacantha rugosa Kutscher and Jagt 2000
1 element
lateral arm plate
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
? Ophioderma substriatum (Rasmussen 1950)
few dozens of lateral arm plates
? Ophioderma radiatum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few dissociated lateral arm plates
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiomyxidae
? Ophiomyxa jekerica (Berry 1938)
several dozens of vertebrae
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
? Ophiocoma rasmusseni Hess 1960
few dissociated lateral arm plates
? Ophiocoma senonensis (Valette 1914)
few arm fragments and numerous lateral, dorsal and ventral arm plates
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiobyrsidae
? Ophiosmilax alternatus Kutscher and Jagt 2000
dissociated lateral arrm plates
Ophiuroidea - Ophioscolecida - Ophioscolecidae
? Ophioscolex clivulus Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few dissociated lateral arm plates
? Ophioscolex cretaceus Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few dissociated lateral arm plates
Ophiuroidea - Euryalida - Euryalidae
? Trichaster sp. Agassiz 1836
numerous vertebrae
? Trichaster ornatus (Rasmussen 1950)
numerous vertebrae
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
? Ophiomusium sinuatum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
few lateral arm plates
? Ophiomusium granulosum (Roemer 1841)
many thousands of disc and arm ossicles
? Ophiomusium ? sentum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
1 individual
a small disc with arms
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiotitanos serrata (Roemer 1841)
original and current combination Ophiura serrata
few arm fragments
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae
? Stegophiura trispinosa Jagt 2000
few lateral arm plates and radial shields
? Stegophiura hagenowi (Rasmussen 1950)
numerous arm fragments
Asteroidea - Asteriidae
Asteriidae indet. Gray 1840
Jagt 2000
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Benthopectinidae
Benthopectinidae indet. Verrill 1899
Jagt 2000
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
? Coulonia sp. de Loriol 1874
Jagt 2000
Lophidiaster pygmaeus Spencer 1913
Jagt 2000
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Aspidaster sp. de Loriol 1884
Jagt 2000
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Pycinaster magnificus Spencer 1913
Jagt 2000
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Metopaster decipiens Spencer 1913
Jagt 2000
recombined as Weitschataster decipiens
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893
Jagt 2000
Metopaster praetumidus Schulz and Weitschat 1975
Jagt 2000
Metopaster uncatus (Forbes 1848)
Jagt 2000
Chomataster acules Spencer 1913
Jagt 2000
Nymphaster studlandensis (Schulz and Weitschat 1975)
Jagt 2000
Haccourtaster aemstelensis Jagt 2000
Jagt 2000
Crateraster favosus (Spencer 1913)
Jagt 2000
Recurvaster ex gr. radiatus (Spencer 1913)
Jagt 2000
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Valettaster ex gr. ocellatus (Forbes 1848)
Jagt 2000
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
Jagt 2005
Single tooth
cf. Prognathodon solvayi Dollo 1889
Jagt 2005
Single tooth crown
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Liege County:Haccourt
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 5.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 6.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:54 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gulpen Member:Zeven Wegen
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic poorly lithified wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Light grey, fine grained chalk. Biomicrite.
Environment:offshore indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:32147
Authorizer:L. Villier, P. Mannion Enterer:L. Villier, J. Tennant
Modifier:J. Millet Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-06-07 02:30:54 Last modified:2006-03-13 07:43:17
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-07 02:30:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8592. J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:1-179 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

8665 J. W. M. Jagt. 1999. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 2: Crinoids. Scripta Geologica 116:59-255 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]
16834 J. W. M. Jagt. 1999. An Overview of Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene Echinoderm Faunas from Liège-Limburg (Belgium, The Netherlands). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 69:103-118 [L. Villier/J. Millet/L. Villier]
8664 J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 5: Asteroids. Scripta Geologica 21:377-503 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]
8661 J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 4: Echinoids. Scripta Geologica 21:181-375 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]
46315 J. W. M. Jagt. 2005. Stratigraphic ranges of mosasaurs in Belgium and the Netherlands (Late Cretaceous) and cephalopod-based correlations with North America. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):283-301 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]