Melsbroeck: Lutetian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Posidoniaceae
Posidonia pariseinsis
Stockmans 1936
Reptilia - Testudines
Pseudotrionyx delheidi n. gen., n. sp. Dollo 1886
recombined as Allaeochelys delheidi
IRSNB R 19 - holotype
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Emys camperi Gray 1831
recombined as Puppigerus camperi
Reptilia - Nigeropheidae
Woutersophis novus Rage 1980
Rage 1980
from the Sables de Bruxelles (=Brussel Fm); no number of specimens given
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Brabant
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 4.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 0.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brussels
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Melsbroek
Database number:124459
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Mueller, M. Carrano Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Carrano, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-16 03:28:13 Last modified:2017-09-20 07:54:20
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-16 03:28:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29875. L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

63405 W. G. Joyce. 2014. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 55(1):3-33 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
54805 J.-C. Rage. 1980. Un serpent marin nouveau de l’Éocène de Belgique. Le problème des Serpents marins du Paléogène. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences, Série D 291(1):469-471 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen]
40171 F. Stockmans. 1936. Vegetaux Eocenes des environs de Bruxelles. Memoires du Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 76:1-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]