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Journal of Paleontology

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Major Dutch Collections of Permian Fossils from Timor Amalgamated

¹ Department of Geology, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum – Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands, <meijerh@naturalis.nnm.nl>, <donovan@naturalis.nnm.nl>, <renema@naturalis.nnm.nl>

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NINETY-FIVE PERCENT of the surface geology of The Netherlands consists of various Pleistocene sedimentary sequences. Of the other five percent, the principal area of ‘solid’ geology is in the south around Maastricht, in the province of Limburg, justifiably famous for its highly fossiliferous Upper Cretaceous succession, including the type section of the Maastrichtian Stage. Paleozoic exposures are very rare and, most relevant to the discussion herein, there is no exposed Permian succession. Yet the colonial history of The Netherlands makes it a haven for Permian researchers. The purpose . . . [Full Text of this Article]