Echinoderms, Geulhem, Houthem, Geulhem: Danian, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
? Ophiocoma senonensis (Valette 1914)
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
? Astropecten sp. Gray 1840
Jagt 2000
Lophidiaster ex gr. punctatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Jagt 2000
cited as Lophidiaster gr. punctatus/postornatus
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Stauranderaster miliaris Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Jagt 2000
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Crateraster anchylus (Brünnich-Nielsen 1943)
Jagt 2000
original and current combination Teichaster anchylus
Metopaster kagstrupensis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Jagt 2000
Metopaster carinatus (Brünnich-Nielsen 1943)
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Procassidulus elongatus
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Holectypoida
Adelopneustes montainvillensis Sorignet 1850
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizasteridae indet. (Lambert 1905)
Jagt 2000
Linthia sp. Desor 1853
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Gauthieria grossouvrei
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Hyposalenia heliophora (Agassiz and Desor 1846)
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia belgica Lambert 1887
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Temnocidaris danica (Desor 1855)
Jagt 2000
? Cidaris forchhammeri
Jagt 2000
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris ex gr. bruennichi
Jagt 2000
Tylocidaris hardouini
Jagt 2000
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Bourgueticrinus danicus Nielsen 1913
Jagt 1999
? Democrinus maximus (Nielsen 1915)
Jagt 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands State/province:Limburg County:Geulhem
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.2° North, 3.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:121 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary
*International age/stage:Danian - Danian
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Houthem Member:Geulhem
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Poorly indurated, light yellowish-grey, fine- to coarse-grained chalks with varying glauconite content
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
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:32170
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-06-08 05:16:21 Last modified:2006-02-01 07:32:05
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-08 05:16:21
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]
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]