Where: Belgium (51.1° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Antwerp Member (Berada Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Upper Antwerp Sand" of the Berada Fm, which is overlain by the Kieseloolith Fm (Pliocene). Equivalent to the Antwerpen Mbr and Zonderschot Mbr of the Berchem Fm. THICKNESS: From <1 m thick horizon, within core. AGE: Middle Serravallian (latest Middle Miocene), based on dinoflagellate biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of core.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G.S. Belgium in 1980
Collection methods: bulk, core, sieve,
• 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.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77861: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna d'Orbigny 1852 turret shell | |
"Mitra grateloupi" = Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi
"Mitra grateloupi" = Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852 mitre shell | |
Teretia anceps snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata Sacco 1890 snail | |
Euspira nysti moon snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail | |
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea, Scaphander grateloupi
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail
Scaphander grateloupi snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Scapharca diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata baldii
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Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
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Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
Laevicardium subturgidum cockle
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle | |
Angulus donacinus tellin clam | |
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"Nuculana westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi
"Nuculana westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam | |
Yoldiella sp. Verrill and Bush 1897 clam |