ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (flint layer 18): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Netherlands
collected by R. Dortangs 1998-1999
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
- Cimolichthyidae
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? Cimolichthys sp.
Leidy
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
jaw, listed as "cf. ?Cimolichthys" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon saturator n. sp.
Dortangs et al. 2002
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1 individual | |||||||||
NHMM 1998141 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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Selachii indet.
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shark centra and shark bite-marks present on mosasaur | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Plicatoscyllium minutum
(Forir 1887)
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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"Palaeohypotodus" bronni
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
partial stem | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Belemnitella junior
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Gallagher et al. 2004 | |||||||||
guard shells | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Netherlands | State/province: | Limburg |
Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 5.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 4.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Belemnitella junior |
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,nodular,shelly/skeletal argillaceous grainstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "flint layer 18...The matrix surrounding the specimen is a soft fine-grained slightly clayey biocalcarenite, with numerous hard flint nodules and tubes insinuated through the bone-bearing level." | |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | R. Dortangs | Collection dates: | 1998-1999 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Prognathodon saturator type | ||
Database number: | 116894 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
Created: | 2011-09-13 22:19:52 | Last modified: | 2021-03-22 13:29:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-13 22:19:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
37604. | R. W. Dortangs, A. S. Schulp, E. W. A. Mulder, J. W. M. Jagt, H. H. G. Peeters and D. T. Graaf. 2002. A large new mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw 81(1):1-8 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
44448 | W. B. Gallagher, J. W. M. Jagt, E. W. A. Mulder and A. S. Schulp. 2004. A new mosasaur specimen from Maastricht (the Netherlands), with a review of the Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene marine faunas of New Jersey and Limburg. The Mosasaur 7:47-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |