Folx-les-Caves (Cretaceous of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.7° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 4.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Defretin-Lefranc. 1960. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Crétacé supérieur du nord de la France. Theses presentees a la Faculte des Sciences de Lille 1-178 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113639: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Sporadoscinia eutactopora Defretin-Lefranc 1960 glass sponge