Attert, Gres de Mortinsart: Norian - Rhaetian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis albertii Agassiz 1834
1083 elements
78 teeth, 1005 scales
Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria acuminata (Agassiz 1843)
287 elements
teeth
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
14 elements
teeth
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
127 elements
teeth
Haramiyidae
Thomasia woutersi Butler and Macintyre 1994
Godefroit and Sigogneau-Russell 1995
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys longidens Agassiz 1843
11 elements
teeth
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii indet. Bonaparte 1838
48 elements
7 placoid scales, 41 scales
Neoselachii indet. (Compagno 1977)
4 elements
vertebrae
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes
Hybodus minor Agassiz 1837
488 elements
recombined as Rhomphaiodon minor
teeth
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes
Ctenacanthoidea indet. Zangerl 1981
11 elements
scales
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus cloacinus (Quenstedt 1858)
7 elements
teeth
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Lissodus minimus (Agassiz 1839)
690 elements
teeth
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
24 elements
scales
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Pseudodalatiidae
Pseudodalatias barnstonensis (Sykes 1971)
12 elements
6 lower and 6 upper teeth
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.9° North, 7.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian - Rhaetian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grès de Mortinsart
Stratigraphy comments: Monteyne (1969) concluded that it was Rhaetian, the authors prefer Norian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy conglomerate
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: private collections of J-C. Lepage and D. Delsate at the Centre de Recherches Lorraines, Ethe-Buzenol
Metadata
Database number:131520
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Carrano Enterer:P. Vazquez, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-26 04:28:36 Last modified:2021-05-14 10:58:58
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-26 04:28:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46164. C. J. Duffin and D. Delsate. 1993. The age of the Upper Triassic vertebrate fauna from Attert (Province of Luxembourg, Belgium). Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 264(1993):33-44 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]

Secondary references:

63605 P. Godefroit and D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1995. Cynodontes et mammifères primitifs du Trias Supèrieur, en region Lorraine et Luxembourgeoise [Cynodonts and primitive mammals form the Upper Triassic, in the Lorraine region and Luxembourg]. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 104(1-2):9-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]