Where: Belgium (50.5° N, 3.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 39.1° N, 12.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• JA: originally entered as Paleocene
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. -J. Anderson. 1975. Die Fauna der palaeocaenen Hueckelhovener Schichten aus dem Schacht Sophia Jacoba 6 (Erkelenzer Horst, Niederrheinische Bucht). Teil 3: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda. Geologica et Palaeontologica 9:141-171 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3118: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 27.07.1999
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Taxonomic list
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium montense Briart and Cornet 1889 tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Architectonica montensis sundial | |
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Solariella vinceti snail | |
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Homalopoma montense snail | |
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Collonia crenulata snail | |
"Ampullella lavalleei" = Ampullina
"Ampullella lavalleei" = Ampullina snail | |
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Buccinidae "montensis" n. gen., "Kelletia montis" = Siphonalia (Kelletia)
Buccinidae "montensis" n. gen. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk originally entered as "Buccinidae? n. gen. montensis"
"Kelletia montis" = Siphonalia (Kelletia) true whelk | |
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Mitra omalii mitre shell | |
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Euspira briarti moon snail | |
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Circulus simplex snail | |
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Calyptraea montensis slipper shell | |
Turritella herminae, "Torquesia coemansi" = Turritella (Torquesia)
Turritella herminae turret shell
"Torquesia coemansi" = Turritella (Torquesia) turret shell | |
"Clava urania" = Rhinoclavis, "Clava dumonti" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava urania" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
"Clava dumonti" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Arcoperna gibbosula mussel | |
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Glycymeris corneti clam | |
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Barbatia lamellosa clam | |
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Limopsis minuscula clam | |
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Ostrea montensis oyster | |
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Miltha montensis, Miltha solvayi, Loripes lemonnieri, Here briarti, Callucina corneti, Fimbria montensis, Monitilora duponti, Parvilucina nannus
Miltha montensis clam
Miltha solvayi clam
Loripes lemonnieri clam
Here briarti clam
Callucina corneti clam
Fimbria montensis clam
Monitilora duponti clam
Parvilucina nannus clam | |
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Loxocardium tenuitesta cockle
Trachycardium heinzelini cockle | |
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Gari duponti clam | |
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Arcopagia montensis tellin clam | |
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Callista duponti venus clam
Callista montensis Cossmann 1908 venus clam | |
"Felaniella ? vincenti" = Diplodonta
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