ammonites
Aalter Sands (Sables d'Aalter) - Bruxelles Formation (Eocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.1° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 0.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aalter Sands Member (Bruxelles Formation), Lutetian (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Aalter Sands, the upper part of the Bruxellian (B1 or Formation of den Hoorn). Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. THICKNESS: Unknown. AGE: Middle Eocene, with affinities to Ypresian faunas. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for entire member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated. but appears to be relatively shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but presumably unlithified based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated in english text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in english text (I.S.T)??.

Primary reference: M. Glibert. 1985. Les Bivalves et Gastéropodes du Bruxellien inférieur de la Belgique (Eocène moyen). Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique 115:261-366 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77611: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.01.2008

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