Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 2.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Antwerpen Sands Member (Berchem Formation), Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• latest Burdigalian to Langhian (16.5 to 15.1 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; black, gray, argillaceous sandstone
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•neritic, energetic, shallowed upwards
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate
Primary reference: S. Louwye, R. Marquet, M. Bosselaers and O. Lambert. 2010. Stratigraphy of an early-middle Miocene sequence near Antwerp in Northern Belgium (Southern North Sea Basin). Geologica Belgica 13(3):269-284 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114830: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Reptilia | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped | |
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Pelocetidae indet. Steeman 2007 whale | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925 toothed whale | |
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale | |
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
aff. Delphinodon sp. Leidy 1869 toothed whale
aff. Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale | |
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
Polyplacophora | |
Hanleya multigranosa chiton | |
Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna d'Orbigny 1852 turret shell | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum deshayesi moon snail | |
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"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta
"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
Scaphella bolli volute | |
Haustellum inornatum murex snail | |
Conus antediluvianus cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet et al. 2002 snail | |
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Diodora subcostaria d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Panopea (Panopea) kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966 clam | |
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Spaniorinus cimbricus Kautsky 1925 clam | |
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Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, "Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Spisula aff. subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945 abra | |
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"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
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Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
Erycinella chavani clam | |
Astarte goldfussi, "Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata, Digitaria beyschlageri, Goodallia laevigata, Goodallia angulata, Goodallia waeli
Astarte goldfussi clam
"Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Goodallia laevigata clam
Goodallia angulata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Arcoperna sericea mussel | |
Patinopecten brummeli, Korobkovia woodi, Pseudamussium lilli, Pecten praebenedictus, Mimachlamys angelonii
Patinopecten brummeli Nyst 1864 scallop
Korobkovia woodi scallop
Pseudamussium lilli Pusch 1837 scallop
Pecten praebenedictus scallop
Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880 scallop | |
Pinctada phalaenacea pearl oyster | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) lamellata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Malacostraca | |
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Thecostraca | |
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758 barnacle | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrea belgica stony coral | |
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga Michelotti 1838 stony coral | |
Ceratocyathus granulatus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Flabellum cf. tuberculatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral |