Tielrode deposit: Pliocene, Belgium
collected by Boekschoten 1966
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Prigos alevolatus
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1 specimen | ||||||
Codiolum sp.
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Spathiopora sertum
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella triplicata
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298 specimens | ||||||
Turritella tricarinata
(Brocchi 1814)
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Colus curtus
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8 specimens | ||||||
Neptunea contraria
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97 specimens | ||||||
Liomesus dalei
(Sowerby 1825)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius labiosus
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49 specimens | ||||||
Nassarius reticosus
(Sowerby 1815)
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150 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris antverpiensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Thais lapillus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Nucella lapillus | |||||||
Thais tetragona
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2 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Scaphella lamberti
(Sowerby 1823)
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23 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Galeodea bicatenata
(Sowerby 1815)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus ungaricus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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205 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia sp.
Hartmann 1821
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2 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Arca tetragona
Poli 1795
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Tetrarca tetragona | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris variabilis
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8 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | ||||||
Monia patelliformis
(Linnaeus 1773)
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Pododesmus patelliformis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten grandis
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8 specimens | ||||||
Pecten harmeri
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15 specimens | ||||||
Pecten opercularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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35 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea edule
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288 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides borealis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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24 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Pygocardia rustica
(Sowerby 1818)
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116 specimens | ||||||
Cyprina islandica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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25 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Arctica islandica | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Paphia aurea
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1 specimen | ||||||
Venus casina
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Dosina cassina | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula sp.
Gray 1837
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5 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium decorticatum
(Wood 1840)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina benedeni
Nyst and Westendorp 1839
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3 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Gastrochaena sp.
Spengler 1783
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte incerta
Wood 1850
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78 specimens | ||||||
Astarte basterotii
De la Jonkaire 1823
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1100 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Isocrassina basteroti | |||||||
Astarte obliquata
Sowerby 1817
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115 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata | |||||||
Astarte mutabilis
Wood 1840
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita senilis
(Lamarck 1805)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Cardita chamaeformis
(Sowerby 1825)
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117 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | ||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sexangulum
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3 specimens | ||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Cupuladria cf. canariensis
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Electridae
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Electra sp.
Lamouroux 1816
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cellariidae
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Cellaria sinuosa
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Cellaria sp.
Ellis and Solander 1786
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Adeonidae
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Trigonopora monilifera
(Milne Edwards 1836)
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Gymnolaemata
- Ctenostomata
- Terebriporidae
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Terebripora ramosa
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Gymnolaemata
- Ctenostomata
- Penetrantiidae
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"Penetrantia" concharum
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Polychaeta
- Spionida
- Spionidae
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Polydora sp.
Bosk 1801
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Belgium |
Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 4.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 51.2° North, 3.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tielrode | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Tielrode deposit" [assigned to fm rank by enter], which unconformably overlies Early Oligocene deposits. AGE: Considered to be Pliocene in age based on faunal correlation to Scaldisian assemblages in Belgium. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From fossiliferous basal portion of 3 m thick sand horizon overlying Oligocene strata. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,brown,yellow unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fossiliferous yellow-brown sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens. | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Water depths above wave-base, no shallower than ten meters, but not much deeper. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Bioerosion: | frequent |
Encrustation: | occasional |
Feeding/predation traces: | drill holes,tooth marks |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Boekschoten | Collection dates: | 1966 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: G. Boekschoten and students. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the Geological Institute, State University, Gromingen (Netherlands). | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for marine invertebrate taxa, except foraminifera which are mentioned anecdotally. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with fairly modern nomenclature and species-resolution assignments. |
Metadata
Database number: | 80674 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-05-04 14:58:54 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-05-04 14:58:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27134. | G. J. Boekschoten. 1966. Palaeoecology of some Mollusca from the Tielrode Sands (Pliocene, Belgium). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 3:311-362 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |