A note on an early Jurassic ophiuroid from Rachecourt (Lorraine, Belgium)
Delsate, D.; Jagt, J.W.M. (1996). A note on an early Jurassic ophiuroid from Rachecourt (Lorraine, Belgium). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Aardwet. = Bull. - Inst. r. sci. nat. Belg., Sci. Terre 66: 203-207
In: Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Aardwetenschappen = Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la Terre. KBIN: Brussel. ISSN 0374-6291, more
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Keywords |
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Mesozoic > Jurassic > Jurassic, Lower Ophiuroidea [WoRMS] Belgium, Aubange [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
Author keywords |
Ophiuroid, Domerian, Belgium |
Abstract |
A fairly well-preserved ophiuroid, collected from micaceous sandy argillites of the Messaney Formation (Domerian, late Pliensbachian) as exposed at Rachecourt (Gaume, Belgian Lorraine) is described and tentatively identified as Sinosura wolburgi (Hess, 1960). The rarity of complete ophiuroid fossils in Belgian Jurassic deposits and the poor fossil content of the Messaney Formation (bioelastic beds, crinoid columnals) warrant description of the present specimen. |
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