Quarry C.B.R. Romontbos, between flintstone layers 20 and 21: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Belgium
collected by J.P.H. Reynders 1989-1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus biddlei n. sp.
Halter 1995
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Geography
| Country: | Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 5.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 4.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified chalk |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J.P.H. Reynders | Collection dates: | 1989-1990 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles (IRSNB), Brussels, Belgium | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 214358 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-09-26 12:43:46 | Last modified: | 2020-09-26 13:17:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-26 12:43:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73909. | M. C. Halter. 1995. Additions to the fish fauna of N.W. Europe. 3. Three new species of the genus Scyliorhinus from the late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of the Limburg area (Belgium and The Netherlands) with a reassignment of four additional fossil species to the genus Scyliorhinus sensu stricto. Belgian Geological Survey Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 278:65-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |