Near Namur (Carboniferous of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.5° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chokier Formation, Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: C. Derycke, R. Cloutier, and A.-M. Candilier. 1995. Palaeozoic vertebrates of northern France and Belgium: Part II - Chondrichthyes, Acanthodii, Actinopterygii (Uppermost Silurian to Carboniferous). Geobios 28:343-350 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228892: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 16.01.2023, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys renieri Pruvost 1919
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys robisoni1 Hibbert 1835 ray-finned fish
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae
Acrolepis hopkinsi3 M'Coy 1848 ray-finned fish
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Mesonichthys aitkeni2 Traquair 1886 ray-finned fish