Maaseik Well (49W0220) - 203 m (Berada Fm): Tortonian, Belgium
collected by G.S. Belgium 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hyalia laevigata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula buccinea (Sowerby 1823)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant 1777)
recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella subangulata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira helicina (Brocchi 1814)
original and current combination Nerita helicina
SUBSPECIES: Euspira helicina protracta
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania curta
SUBSPECIES: Alvania curta nieheimensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella nana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius prysmaticus (Brocchi 1814)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Sveltia paucicostata
Babylonella fusiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Sorgenfreispira sorgenfreii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Pleurotomella mioweberi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Fusiturris cf. flexiplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Asthenotoma pannoides
Asthenotoma obtusangula
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet et al. 2002
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis miolaevigata Sacco 1890
recombined as Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia glaberrima (von Münster 1837)
recombined as Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula laevigata (Sowerby 1818)
Nucula jeffreysi Bellardi 1875
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi
Nucula trigonula Wood 1840
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) trigonula
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus squamula (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Heteranomia squamula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris obovata (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata baldii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Scacchia degrangei (Cossmann and Peyrot 1911)
recombined as Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia hanseata (Kautsky 1925)
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Spaniodontella nitida
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa 1778)
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula gibba (Oliva 1792)
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
SUBSPECIES: Corbula gibba gibba
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Digitaria beyschlageri
Goodallia waeli (Glibert 1945)
SUBSPECIES: Goodallia waeli waeli
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 4.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Berada
Local section:Maaseik Well (49W0220) Local bed:203 m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Berada Fm, which is overlain by the Kieseloolith Fm (Pliocene). Equivalent to the Deurne Mbr and Dessel Mbr of the Diest Fm. THICKNESS: From <1 m thick horizon, within core. AGE: Upper Tortonian (early Late Miocene), based on dinoflagellate biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of core.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium sand, with skeletal debris. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in available text, but apparently shallow marine, siliciclastic setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Abundance in sediment:common
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,core,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.500
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:G.S. Belgium Collection dates:1980
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Geological Survey of Belgium (1980). REPOSITORY: IRScNB/KBIN collection, Dept. of Paleontology, section Invertebrate Paleontology, Geological Survey of Belgium. COMMENTS: Sieved on a 0.5 mm mesh and all identifiable fragments of mollusca were collected.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with consistent identification to species resolution. Identified with Gürs (2001, 2002), Gürs and Weibrecht (2001), Janssen (19884), Heering (1950), Hinsch (2000), Menzel et al. (1994), Moths (1989), Van Voorthuysen (1944) and Wienrich (2002).
Metadata
Database number:77864
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-21 16:57:55 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-21 16:57:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26281. N. Vandenberghe, P. Laga, S. Louwye Vanhoorne, R. Marquet, and F. De Meuter, K., and H. W. Hagemann. 2005. Stratigraphic interpretation of the Neogene marine-continental record in the Maaseik well (49W0220) in the Roer Valley Graben, NE Belgium. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Belgium 52:1-39 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]