Sibbe quarry, Valkenburg (Cretaceous of Netherlands)

Where: Limburg, Netherlands (50.8° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Belemnitella junior ammonoid zone, Emael Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• possibly from the lower Emael Mbr.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified chalk

• lithified based on preservation of crabs

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. Vollers

Primary reference: J. W. M. Jagt, R. W. Dortangs, M. M. M. Kuypers, A. S. Schulp, and D. B. Weishampel. 1998. Dinosaur remains in the type Maastrichtian: an update. In J. W. M. Jagt, P. H. Lambers, E. W. A. Mulder & A. Schulp (eds), Third European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Maastricht, Netherlands. Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67135: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.11.2006, edited by John Alroy and Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Brachylepadidae
Brachylepas guascoi1 Bosquet 1857 barnacle
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Jagtia kunradensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Jagtia kunradensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Tshudy and Sorhannus 2000 clawed lobster
IRScNB specimen from the "Kunrade Limestone facies" at "Sibbe-Valkenberg": type might actually be from Kunrade
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecideidae
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
NHMM 1997274, tooth