The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Braquegnies Formation
| Abbreviation | BRA |
| Parent unit | Haine Green Sandstone Group |
| Child unit | |
| Lithological description | Levels with sandy glauconitic marls, conglomerates, sandstones and sands, occasionally common sponge remains. Ammonite and bivalve faunas are rich and diverse at certain levels. |
| Age | Latest Late Albian (Vraconian), Stoliczkaia dispar Zone: presence of Hyphoplites subfalcatus, Callihoplites vraconensis, Leptohoplites cf. cantabrigiensis. (ammonite faunas currently under revision). |
| Thickness | 40 m in the Harchies pit. |
| Area of occurrence | In the most subsided parts of the Mons Basin: to the west at Harchies and Pommeroeul, to the east at Bracquegnies. |
| Type locality | Harchies pit, see Marlière (1936a, b, 1939, 1957). |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M. |
| Date | 01/01/2001 |
| Cite as | Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M., 2001. The Braquegnies Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Braquegnies-Formation |
