Where: Belgium (50.5° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 2.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• JA: originally entered as Paleocene
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. -J. Anderson. 1975. Die Fauna der palaeocaenen Hueckelhovener Schichten aus dem Schacht Sophia Jacoba 6 (Erkelenzer Horst, Niederrheinische Bucht). Teil 3: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda. Geologica et Palaeontologica 9:141-171 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3118: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 27.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Fimbria montensis, Miltha montensis, Miltha solvayi, Monitilora duponti, Parvilucina nannus, Here briarti, Loripes lemonnieri, Callucina corneti
Fimbria montensis clam
Miltha montensis clam
Miltha solvayi clam
Monitilora duponti clam
Parvilucina nannus clam
Here briarti clam
Loripes lemonnieri clam
Callucina corneti clam | |
Trachycardium heinzelini cockle
Loxocardium tenuitesta cockle | |
Gari duponti clam | |
Arcopagia montensis tellin clam | |
Callista duponti venus clam
Callista montensis Cossmann 1908 venus clam | |
"Felaniella ? vincenti" = Diplodonta
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Arcoperna gibbosula mussel | |
Limopsis minuscula clam | |
Barbatia lamellosa clam | |
Glycymeris corneti clam | |
Ostrea montensis oyster | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium montense Briart and Cornet 1889 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea montensis slipper shell | |
"Clava urania" = Rhinoclavis, "Clava dumonti" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava urania" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
"Clava dumonti" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |
Turritella herminae, "Torquesia coemansi" = Turritella (Torquesia)
Turritella herminae turret shell
"Torquesia coemansi" = Turritella (Torquesia) turret shell | |
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Mitra omalii mitre shell | |
Buccinidae "montensis" n. gen., "Kelletia montis" = Siphonalia (Kelletia)
Buccinidae "montensis" n. gen. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk originally entered as "Buccinidae? n. gen. montensis"
"Kelletia montis" = Siphonalia (Kelletia) true whelk | |
Euspira briarti moon snail | |
Circulus simplex snail | |
"Ampullella lavalleei" = Ampullina
"Ampullella lavalleei" = Ampullina snail | |
Architectonica montensis sundial | |
Homalopoma montense snail | |
Solariella vinceti snail | |
Collonia crenulata snail | |