Melsbroeck: Lutetian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae
- Alismatales
- Posidoniaceae
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Posidonia pariseinsis
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Stockmans 1936 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Pseudotrionyx delheidi n. gen., n. sp.
Dollo 1886
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recombined as Allaeochelys delheidi | ||||||||||
IRSNB R 19 - holotype | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Emys camperi
Gray 1831
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recombined as Puppigerus camperi | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Nigeropheidae
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Woutersophis novus
Rage 1980
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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] |