PBDB Collection

Erquelinnes: Ypresian, Belgium
collected 1880, 1891, 1922, 1924 1958

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

	Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766

	Amia barroisi
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

	Lepidosteus suessoniensis
	original and current combination Lepisosteus
Mammalia

	Dormaalocyon latouri (Quinet 1966)	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2135-2138

	Gracilocyon solei Smith and Smith 2010	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2139
Mammalia - Viverravidae

	Didymictis sp. Cope 1875
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Arfia gingerichi Smith and Smith 2001	Smith and Smith 2001
	IRSNB M 2133 and 2134
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

	Phenacodus teilhardi	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 129
Mammalia - Perissodactyla

	Paschatherium cf. yvettae Gheerbrant et al. 1997	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2144-2149

	Cymbalophus cuniculus (Owen 1842)	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 167
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

	Pachynolophus maldani
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	cf. Sifrhippus sandrae (Gingerich 1989)	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 130
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

	Diacodexis gigasei Smith 1996	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2143
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

	Landenodon woutersi Quinet 1968	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2140 and 2141
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

	Hyaenodictis sp. Lemoine 1891
	= Dissacus europaeus Lemoine 1891	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2142
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

	Plesiadapis aff. remensis Lemoine 1887	Gingerich 1976
	described by Teilhard (1927) as Plesiadapis sp.
	= Platychoerops georgei Hooker 1994	Hooker 1994
	synonym of Plesiadapis tricuspidens
	IRSNB.EFM.128 (left I1)
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

	Teilhardina belgica (Teilhard de Chardin 1927)	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 59, 2124-2126
Mammalia - Rodentia

	cf. Pseudoparamys sp. Michaux 1964	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2119, right M2
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	Euromys sp. Escarguel 1999	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2120 and 2121
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

	Macrocranion vandebroeki (Quinet 1964)	Missiaen et al. 2013
	IRSNB M 2122 and 2123
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

	Coryphodon eocaenus Owen 1846
	IRSNB M 132, 2127-2132
Reptilia

	Crocodylus depressifrons Blainville 1855
	recombined as Asiatosuchus depressifrons
	IRSNB R251 (IG 1567), fragmentary skull
Reptilia - Simoedosauridae

	Champsosaurus lemoinei (Gervais 1877)
	nomen dubium belonging to Simoedosaurus
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

	Pachyrhynchus gosseleti n. gen., n. sp. Dollo 1886	Zangerl 1971
	= Erquelinnesia gosseleti n. gen., n. sp. Dollo 1886	Parham 2005
	original and current combination Pachyrhynchus gosseleti
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825	Broin 1977
	small form

	Trionyx henrici Owen and Bell 1849

	Axestemys sp. Hay 1899	Perez-Garcia and Smith 2021	1 individual
	IRSNB R435 (Reg. 3914), a partial postcranial skeleton probably belonging to a single individual, which preserves scarce remains of the shell (Fig. 14(A–F)), but also elements of both the appendicular skeleton (Fig. 14(G–P)) and the pelvic girdles (Fig. 14(Q–AD)), and several vertebrae (Fig. 15).

	Trionyx vittatus Pomel 1847
	recombined as Axestemys vittata
Reptilia - Testudines

	Argillochelys antiqua (König 1825)

	Dollochelys casieri n. gen., n. sp. Zangerl 1971	Zangerl 1971
	synonym of Euclastes wielandi
see common names

Geography

Country:	Belgium	State/province:	Hainaut
Coordinates:	50.3° North, 4.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	45.8° North, 1.5° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Ypresian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:	Ypresian
Age range of interval:	56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Tienen	Member:	Erquelinnes Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: assigned to the Platychoerops doubrei zone (Ypresian) based on presence of Pleisadapis aff. remensis

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lenticular gravel
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: lenticular deposits of the basal gravel bed
Environment:	fluvial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	MNHN
Collection dates:	1880, 1891, 1922, 1924 and 1958
Taxonomic list comments:Most material stored at IRSNB

Metadata

Also known as:	Erquellines
Database number:	87947
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, P. Wagner, M. Carrano, D. Nicholson, E. Vlachos, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion	Enterer:	J. Alroy, P. Wagner, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos, D. Nicholson, M. Carrano
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2009-03-29 15:22:48	Last modified:	2018-03-23 15:38:30
Access level:	the public	Released:	2009-03-29 15:22:48
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

29875.

L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60047		F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
46599		M. Delfino and T. Smith. 2009. A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of ‘Crocodylus’ depressifrons Blainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156:140-167 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
1635		P. D. Gingerich. 1976. Cranial Anatomy and Evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 15:1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
42930		J. J. Hooker. 1994. A new species of Platychoerops (Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia) from the latest Palaeocene of the Paris, London and Belgian Basins. Geobios 27(3):343-352 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57047		P. Missiaen, F. Quesnel, C. Dupuis, J.-Y. Storme, and T. Smith. 2013. The earliest Eocene mammal fauna of the Erquelinnes Sand Member near the French-Belgian border. Geologica Belgica 16(4):262-273 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
41174		J. F. Parham. 2005. A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):71-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
74640		A. Perez-Garcia and T. Smith. 2021. Systematics and diversity of the giant soft-shelled turtles (Cryptodira, Trionychidae) from the earliest Eocene of Belgium. Geobios 66-67:15-34 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Holroyd]
57023		T. Smith and R. Smith. 2001. The creodonts (Mammalia, Ferae) from the Paleocene-Eocene transition in Belgium (Tienen Formation, MP7). Belgian Journal of Zoology 131(2):117-135 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
49983		R. Zangerl. 1971. Two toxochelyid sea turtles from the Landenian sands of Erquelinnes (Hainaut) of Belgium. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 169:1-32 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]