Forest, Sables de Bruxelles (Eocene of Belgium)

Also known as Vorst

Where: Brussels, Belgium (50.8° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Brussels Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Brusselian (lower Lutetian)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• not reported but very likely more or less lithified sand

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage. 1980. Un serpent marin nouveau de l’Éocène de Belgique. Le problème des Serpents marins du Paléogène. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences, Série D 291(1):469-471 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 167776: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 01.04.2015

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Nigeropheidae
? Woutersophis novus
? Woutersophis novus Rage 1980 snake
no number of specimens given