Fouches (Jurassic of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (49.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 10.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Semicostatum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• Top of the quarry assigned to the semicostatum zone by Mergen (1983) based on presence of Coroniceras lyra.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Delsate and C. J. Duffin. 1993. Chondrichthyens du Sinémurien de Belgique. Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 264:103-136 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179494: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus reticulatus Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
SMP DD 02 CD
Hybodus cf. raricostatus Agassiz 1838 elasmobranch
SMP JFL 03 CD
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus anningiae Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
SMP CRL 01 CD, SMP DD 01 CD
 Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae
Myriacanthidae indet. Woodward 1889 chimaera