Zichen (IRSNB): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Belgium
collected by L. Dollo 1882
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus hoffmanni
(Mantell 1829)
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Lingham-Soliar 1995 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Mosasaurus hoffmannii | ||||||||||
| IRSNB R12; IRSNB IG 8427 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Orthomerus dolloi n. gen., n. sp.
Seeley 1883
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
| BMNH 42955 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Thalassotaenia debeyi
van der Ham et al. 2007
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van der Ham et al. 2007 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Limburg |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 5.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 4.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 96 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | L. Dollo | Collection dates: | 1882 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sichen, Maastricht | ||
| Database number: | 51521 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, A. Dunhill, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Carrano, M. Uhen, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-07 08:27:59 | Last modified: | 2017-08-31 16:13:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-07 08:27:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13701. | ETE | L. Dollo. 1883. Note sur les restes de dinosauriens rencontrés dans le Crétacé supérieur de la Belgique [Note on the dinosaur remains found in the Upper Cretaceous of Belgium]. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2:205-221 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 17047 | ETE | W. Brinkmann. 1988. Zur Fundgeschichte und Systematik der Ornithopoden (Ornithischia, Reptilia) aus der Ober-Kreide von Europa [The history of discovery and systematics of the ornithopods (Ornithischia, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe]. Documenta Naturae 45:1-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 19147 | ETE | F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2006. Telmatosaurus and the other hadrosaurids of the Cretaceous European Archipelago. An overview. Natura Nascosta 32:1-55 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 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] | |
| 67818 | T. Lingham-Soliar. 1995. Anatomy and Functional Morphology of the Largest Marine Reptile Known, Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Mosasauridae, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous, Upper Maastrichtian of the Netherlands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 347(1320):155-180 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 39406 | R. W. J. van der Ham, J. H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, and L. Inderherberge. 2007. Seagrass foliage from the Maastrichtian type area (Maastrichtian, Danian, NE Belgium, SE Netherlands). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 144(3-4):301-321 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 61518 | D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |