Lonzée, Namur (Cretaceous to of Belgium)

Also known as Craspedodon type site, Huene 93

Where: Namur, Belgium (50.6° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 5.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Glauconie de Lonzée Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

• described as "Hervien" and "middle Senonian" or "lower Senonian", but now considered Santonian to lower Campanian. "Glauconie argileux" now = Glauconie de Lonzée

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, argillaceous siliciclastic sediments

• "glauconie argileux"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in the 1880s

Primary reference: L. Dollo. 1883. Note sur les restes de dinosauriens rencontrés dans le Crétacé supérieur de la Belgique [Note on the dinosaur remains found in the Upper Cretaceous of Belgium]. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2:205-221 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51518: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.06.2005, edited by Mark Uhen, Philip Mannion and Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea subglabra5 Orbigny 1850 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris geinitzii5 Orbigny 1850 clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Heroceramus) cf. hercules5 Heinz 1932 clam
many fragments
Inoceramus (Platyceramus) sp.5 Heinz 1932 clam
many fragments
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp.5 Wood 1839 file clam
Plagiostoma hoperi5 Mantell 1822 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema nilsoni5 Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Syncyclonema haeggi5 Dhondt 1971 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes virgatus5 Nilsson 1827 scallop
Spondylus fimbriatus5 Goldfuss 1835 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea regularis5 Schlotheim 1813 scallop
very common
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis5 Lamarck 1806 oyster
very common
Hyotissa semiplana5 Sowerby 1825 oyster
very common
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata5 Sowerby 1813 oyster
very common
Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata5 Reuss 1846 oyster
very common
Vultogryphaea laciniata5 Nilson 1827 oyster
very common
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Rastellum diluvianum5 Linnaeus 1767 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucina subnumismalis5 Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula ? angustata5 Sowerby 1832 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Mesocallista subovalis5 Orbigny 1850 venus clam
Cyprimeria discus5 Matheron 1843 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium cf. productum5 Sowerby 1832 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella ? benedeni5 Mueller 1859 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella arcacea5 Roemer 1841 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis5 Boehm 1884 clam
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos casieri n. sp.3 Herman 1977 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Glaucochelone lonzeensis n. gen. n. sp.2, Tomochelone lonzeensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Glaucochelone lonzeensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Dollo 1909 turtle
Tomochelone lonzeensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Dollo 1909 turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Hainosaurus lonzeensis n. sp.1 Dollo 1904 mosasaur
Type - fragmentary premaxilla and a pair of caudal vertebrae
Mosasaurus lonzeensis n. sp.2 Dollo 1904 mosasaur
 Ornithischia -
Craspedodon lonzeensis n. gen. n. sp.
Craspedodon lonzeensis n. gen. n. sp. Dollo 1883 ornithopod
 Theropoda -
Megalosaurus lonzeensis n. sp.4 Dollo 1883 coelurosaur
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet.2 de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur
limb bones, vertebrae
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
"fish teeth"