ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Netherlands
collected 1770-1774
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Bardet 2012 | |||||||||
| "isolated bone fragments" | ||||||||||
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Plioplatecarpus marshi n. sp.
Dollo 1882
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Bardet 2012 | |||||||||
| MNHN AC 9649-9775, a large portion of vertebral column including 127 vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Carinodens belgicus
(Woodward 1891)
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Jagt et al. 2006 | |||||||||
| recombined as Compressidens belgicus | ||||||||||
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Prognathodon saturator
Dortangs et al. 2002
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Jagt et al. 2006 | |||||||||
| IRScNB R24 (originally assigned to Mosasaurus giganteus) | ||||||||||
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Prognathodon sectorius
(Cope 1871)
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Bardet 2012 | |||||||||
| MNHN 1896-27, tooth | ||||||||||
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Mosasaurus hoffmanni n. gen., n. sp.
(Mantell 1829)
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| original and current combination Mosasaurus hoffmannii | ||||||||||
| MNHN AC 9648, partial skull | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Bardet 2012 | |||||||||
| "isolated bone fragments" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Allopleuron hoffmanni n. gen., n. sp.
(Gray 1831)
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Karl 2007 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Chelonia hoffmanni | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Placocoeniidae
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Placocoenia macrophthalma
(Goldfuss 1826)
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Leloux 2004 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Netherlands | State/province: | Limburg |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 5.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 4.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maastricht | Member: | Nekum | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper third of member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "flint layer 18...The matrix surrounding the specimen is a soft fine-grained slightly clayey biocalcarenite, with numerous hard flint nodules and tubes insinuated through the bone-bearing level." | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1770-1774 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Moasaurus hoffmanni type, St Pietersberg | ||
| Database number: | 138726 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Barrett, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant, T. Cleary, M. Krause |
| Modifier: | J. Fearon | ||
| Created: | 2013-01-26 05:22:45 | Last modified: | 2024-03-04 22:03:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-26 05:22:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29875. | L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 46107 | N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 44448 | W. B. Gallagher, J. W. M. Jagt, E. W. A. Mulder and A. S. Schulp. 2004. A new mosasaur specimen from Maastricht (the Netherlands), with a review of the Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene marine faunas of New Jersey and Limburg. The Mosasaur 7:47-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 46151 | J. W. M. Jagt, N. Motchurova-Dekova, P. Ivanov, H. Capetta, and A. S. Schulp. 2006. Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa district (northwest Bulgaria): a preliminary note. Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 67:51-63 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 62970 | H.-V. Karl. 2007. The fossil reptiles (Reptilia: Chelonii, Crocodylia) from the marine early Oligocene of the Weisselster Basin (Central Germany: Saxonia). Studia Geologica Salamanticensia 43(1):25-66 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/M. Uhen] | |
| 44591 | J. Leloux. 2004. Notes on taxonomy and taphonomy of two Upper Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) scleractinian corals from Limburg, The Netherlands. Scripta Geologica (127)313-339 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] | |
| 76002 | A. S. Schulp, M. J. Polcyn, O. Mateus and L. L. Jacobs. 2013. Two rare mosasaurs from the Maastrichtian of Angola and the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 92(1):3-10 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |