Balegem (Eocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.9° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 0.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• "Ledian"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Glibert. 1974. Quelques Turbinoliidae Cenozoiques des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, I: Genre Turbinolia Lamarck, 1816. Bulletin Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 50(1):1-27 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123069: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Oglibia subregularis
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Paraconger sauvagei
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906 conger eel
 Anguilliformes - Moringuidae
Moringua sp.
Moringua sp. Gray 1831 eel
 Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Gymnothorax sp.
Gymnothorax sp. Bloch 1795 eel
 Anguilliformes - Anguillidae
Anguilla rectangularis n. sp.
Anguilla rectangularis n. sp. Stinton and Nolf 1970 eel
 Aulopiformes - Synodontidae
"Synodus rectus" = Saurida rectua
"Synodus rectus" = Saurida rectua Frost 1933
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
"Lepophidium aequalis n. sp." = Aequalobythites aequalis, Hoplobrotula lerichei n. sp.
"Lepophidium aequalis n. sp." = Aequalobythites aequalis Stinton and Nolf 1970
Hoplobrotula lerichei n. sp. Stinton and Nolf 1970
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Oblada joneti n. sp.
Oblada joneti n. sp. Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus aculeatus n. sp.
Platycephalus aculeatus n. sp. Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish
 Perciformes -
"Ambassis electilis n. sp." = Percoideorum electilis
"Ambassis electilis n. sp." = Percoideorum electilis Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
"Centropristes exsculptatus n. sp." = Centropristis, Serranus (Serranellus) delicatulus n. sp.
"Centropristes exsculptatus n. sp." = Centropristis perch-like fish
Serranus (Serranellus) delicatulus n. sp. perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Priacanthidae
"Pseudopriacanthus rutoti" = Pristigenys rutoti
"Pseudopriacanthus rutoti" = Pristigenys rutoti Leriche 1905
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
"Lutianus kokeni" = Haemulidarum kokeni
"Lutianus kokeni" = Haemulidarum kokeni Leriche 1905
 Spariformes - Sparidae
"Lagodon pectinoides n. sp." = Sparidarum pectinoides
"Lagodon pectinoides n. sp." = Sparidarum pectinoides Stinton and Nolf 1970
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon arambourgi
Apogon arambourgi Stinton and Nolf 1970 Cardinalfish
 Beryciformes -
Trachichthodes circularis
 Caproiformes - Antigoniidae
Antigonia angusta n. sp.
Antigonia angusta n. sp. Stinton and Nolf 1970
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia dispar, Turbinolia nystiana
Turbinolia dispar Defrance 1828 stony coral
Turbinolia nystiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral