Tielrode deposit: Pliocene, Belgium
collected by Boekschoten 1966

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Prigos alevolatus
1 specimen
Codiolum sp.
Spathiopora sertum
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella triplicata
298 specimens
Turritella tricarinata (Brocchi 1814)
1 specimen
recombined as Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Colus curtus
8 specimens
Neptunea contraria
97 specimens
Liomesus dalei (Sowerby 1825)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius labiosus
49 specimens
Nassarius reticosus (Sowerby 1815)
150 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris antverpiensis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais lapillus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
recombined as Nucella lapillus
Thais tetragona
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella lamberti (Sowerby 1823)
23 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Galeodea bicatenata (Sowerby 1815)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
205 specimens
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Arca tetragona Poli 1795
1 specimen
recombined as Tetrarca tetragona
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris variabilis
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Monia patelliformis (Linnaeus 1773)
1 specimen
recombined as Pododesmus patelliformis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten grandis
8 specimens
Pecten harmeri
15 specimens
Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
35 specimens
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edule
288 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides borealis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula gibba (Oliva 1792)
24 specimens
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pygocardia rustica (Sowerby 1818)
116 specimens
Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus 1767)
25 specimens
recombined as Arctica islandica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia aurea
1 specimen
Venus casina Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
recombined as Dosina cassina
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp. Gray 1837
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium decorticatum (Wood 1840)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina benedeni Nyst and Westendorp 1839
3 specimens
recombined as Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte incerta Wood 1850
78 specimens
Astarte basterotii De la Jonkaire 1823
1100 specimens
recombined as Isocrassina basteroti
Astarte obliquata Sowerby 1817
115 specimens
recombined as Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata
Astarte mutabilis Wood 1840
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita senilis (Lamarck 1805)
1 specimen
Cardita chamaeformis (Sowerby 1825)
117 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sexangulum
3 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Cupuladria cf. canariensis
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae
Electra sp. Lamouroux 1816
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria sinuosa
Cellaria sp. Ellis and Solander 1786
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Trigonopora monilifera (Milne Edwards 1836)
Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Terebriporidae
Terebripora ramosa
Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Penetrantiidae
"Penetrantia" concharum
Polychaeta - Spionida - Spionidae
Polydora sp. Bosk 1801
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]