Schaerbeek: Ypresian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula oweni (Agassiz 1844)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Eotrigonodon serratus (Gervais 1852)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Triodontidae
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Eutrichiurides winkleri Casier 1946
Actinopteri - Scombriformes
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cybium proosti Storms 1895
recombined as Palaeocybium proosti
Cybium stormsi Leriche 1905
recombined as Scomberomorus stormsi
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 4.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.3° North, 1.6° East
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Argile des Flandres
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:219006
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-03-09 12:50:51 Last modified:2021-03-09 12:50:51
Access level:the public Released:2021-03-09 12:50:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
75858. E. Casier. 1946. La faune ichthyologique de l'Ypresien de la Belgique. Memoires Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 104:1-267 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]