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Craie de Triviéres, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 50.45,4.13333 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Craie de Triviéres, Mons Basin | Kennedy W. J. (1993) | Craie de Triviéres | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Craie de Triviéres, which is unconformably overlain by the Craie d' Obourg (Late Campanian). AGE: Early Campanian, on the basis of ammonite and belemnite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite of the entire formation. | lime mudstone | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Ostreoidea superfamily | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreoidea | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Glyptoxoceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Diplomoceratidae : Glyptoxoceras | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : Scaphites : Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Kennedy W. J. (1993) Campanian and Maastrichtian ammonites from the Mons Basin and adajcent areas (Belgium), Bulletin de L'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 63, 99-131 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!