Liessel sand pit (Miocene of Netherlands)

Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.4° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 4.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• "Middle/Late Miocene" according to Jagt et al. (2006). Early to middle Tortonian in Jagt et al. (2006).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, glauconitic, sideritic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Oertijdmuseum de Groene Poort

Primary reference: J. Jagt, B. W. M. van Bakel, R. H. B. Fraaije and C. Neumann. 2006. In situ fossil hermit crabs (Paguroidea) from northwest Europe and Russia. Preliminary data on new records. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23(3):364-369 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 126573: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 07.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Paguridae
Pagurus aff. bernhardus Linnaeus 1758 hermit crab