ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry, Valkenburg Member (Cretaceous of Belgium)

Also known as Maastrichtidelphys meurismeti type locality

Where: Belgium (50.8° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Belemnitella junior other zone, Valkenburg Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• base of the Valkenburg Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Roland Meuris and Frans Smet

Primary reference: J. E. Martin, J. A. Case, J. W. M. Jagt, A. S. Schulp, and E. W. A. Mulder. 2005. A new European marsupial indicates a Late Cretaceous high-latitude transatlantic dispersal route. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(3/4):495-511 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123181: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.01.2012, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Maastrichtidelphys meurismeti n. gen. n. sp. Martin et al. 2005 marsupial
NHMM2002 063 - holotype (right M2 tooth)
Thalassotaenia debeyi
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Thalassotaenia debeyi van der Ham et al. 2007