Echinoderms, Zeven Wegen, Gulpen, Lixhe: Late/Upper Campanian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Phymosomatidae
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Gauthieria mosae
Geys 1980
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Phymosoma ex gr. granulosum
(Goldfuss 1826)
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
| synonym of Rachiosoma corollare | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Echinocorys ex gr. marginata
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Cardiotaxis heberti
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Micrasteridae
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Micraster stolleyi
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Micraster ex gr. schroederi
Stolley 1892
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
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? Echinogalerus hemisphaericus
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Temnocidaris serrata
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Goniasteridae
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Chomataster acules
Spencer 1913
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Crateraster favosus
(Spencer 1913)
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Metopaster praetumidus
Schulz and Weitschat 1975
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Comptoniaster peetersorum
Jagt 2000
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Ophryaster oligoplax
(Sladen 1891)
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Nymphaster studlandensis
(Schulz and Weitschat 1975)
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Nymphaster alseni
(Schulz and Weitschat 1971)
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Recurvaster ex gr. radiatus
(Spencer 1913)
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Asteroidea
- Paxillosida
- Astropectinidae
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Coulonia sp.
de Loriol 1874
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Jagt 2000 | |||||||||
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Asteroidea
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Pteraster sp.
Müller and Troschel 1842
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Villier et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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Ophiuroidea
- Ophiurida
- Ophiopyrgidae
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? Stegophiura hagenowi
(Rasmussen 1950)
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| numerous arm fragments | ||||||||||
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Ophiuroidea
- Ophiurida
- Ophiosphalmidae
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? Ophiomusium granulosum
(Roemer 1841)
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| many thousands of disc and arm ossicles | ||||||||||
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Ophiuroidea
- Ophiacanthida
- Ophiocomidae
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? Ophiocoma senonensis
(Valette 1914)
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| few arm fragments and numerous lateral, dorsal and ventral arm plates | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Cainocrinidae
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Nielsenicrinus carinatus
(Roemer 1840)
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Jagt 1999 | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Comatulida
- Bourgueticrinidae
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Bourgueticrinus sp.
Orbigny 1840
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Jagt 1999 | |||||||||
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Bourgueticrinus hureae
(Valette 1917)
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Jagt 1999 | |||||||||
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? Bourgueticrinus suedicus
(Carpenter 1881)
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Jagt 1999 | |||||||||
| synonym of Bourgueticrinus ellipticus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Liege | County: | Lixhe |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 5.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.4° North, 6.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 53 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: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gulpen | Member: | Zeven Wegen |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified wackestone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: light grey, fine-grained chalks with basal layer of glauconitic zone | |||
| Environment: | offshore indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32150 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
| Modifier: | J. Millet | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-06-07 04:48:42 | Last modified: | 2006-03-13 07:44:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-07 04:48:42 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 12205 | L. Villier, D.B. Blake, J.W.M. Jagt and M. Kutscher. 2004. A preliminary phylogeny of the Pterasteridae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and the first fossil record: Late Cretaceous of Germany and Belgium. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 78(2):281-299 [L. Villier/L. Villier/J. Alroy] |