Saint-Symphorien Chalk (Cretaceous of Belgium)

Also known as Tuffeau de Saint-Symphorien

Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Saint-Symphorien Chalk Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: chalk

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate setting.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1911

• Institut Royal de Science Naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Naturhistorisch Museum.

•Label states "Plesiosaurus, Maastrichtian Saint-Symphorien 1911".

Primary reference: E. W. A. Mulder, N. Bardet, P. Godefroit and J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Elasmosaur remains from the Maastrichtian type area, and a review of latest Cretaceous elasmosaurs (Reptilia, Plesiosauroidea). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturalles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 70:161-178 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143255: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 22.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur
IRScNB 204, dorsal centrum