Melsbroeck (Eocene of Belgium)

Also known as Melsbroek

Where: Brabant, Belgium (50.9° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 0.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Brussels Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Primary reference: L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124459: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.02.2012, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Posidoniaceae
Reptilia
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
"Pseudotrionyx delheidi n. gen. n. sp." = Allaeochelys delheidi
"Pseudotrionyx delheidi n. gen. n. sp." = Allaeochelys delheidi Dollo 1886 turtle
IRSNB R 19 - holotype
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Emys camperi" = Puppigerus camperi
"Emys camperi" = Puppigerus camperi Gray 1831 sea turtle
 Squamata - Nigeropheidae
Woutersophis novus1 Rage 1980 snake
from the Sables de Bruxelles (=Brussel Fm); no number of specimens given