Sanem: Falciferum, Luxembourg
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Thalattosuchia indet.
(Fraas 1901)
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Johnson et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| MNHNL TV 597 (two caudal vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Steneosaurus bollensis
(Cuvier 1824)
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Johnson et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| recombined as Macrospondylus bollensis | ||||||||||
| MNHNL TU799: a partial skull in palatal view, in addition to five isolated teeth, one humerus, possible partial radius, partial coracoid, rib fragments and partial osteoderms | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Microcleididae
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Microcleidus melusinae n. gen., n. sp.
Vincent et al. 2019
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Vincent et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MNHNL TV434 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Sphenophlebiidae
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Mesoepiophlebia veronicae
Nel and Henrotay 1993
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| MNHN IB 914 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Luxembourg |
| Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 5.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 14.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Falciferum | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 182.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Johnson et al. 2018: Harpoceras serpentinum ammonite Zone (‘schistes bitumineux’) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular,nodular lithified "limestone" | ||
| Environment: | offshore indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
| Collection method comments: Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 106696 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, G. Lloyd, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Karr, G. Varnham, G. Lloyd |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-03-27 18:12:18 | Last modified: | 2023-12-26 18:33:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-27 18:12:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35532. | A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs, J. C. Paicheler and M. Henrotay. 1993. Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata). Martinia 3:1-311 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 79054 | M. M. Johnson, M. T. Young, S. L. Brusatte, B. Thuy, and R. Weis. 2018. A catalogue of teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Toarcian and Bajocian (Jurassic) of southern Luxembourg. Historical Biology 31(9):1179-1194 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 68787 | P. Vincent, R. Weis, G. Kronz and D. Delsate. 2019. Microcleidus melusinae, a new plesiosaurian (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Toarcian of Luxembourg. Geological Magazine 156(1):99-116 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] |