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
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Anthozoa | |
Astrea belgica stony coral | |
Flabellum cf. tuberculatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral | |
Ceratocyathus granulatus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga Michelotti 1838 stony coral | |
Mammalia | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
aff. Delphinodon sp. Leidy 1869 toothed whale
aff. Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale | |
Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925 toothed whale | |
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale | |
Pelocetidae indet. Steeman 2007 whale | |
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped | |
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Reptilia | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Echinoidea | |
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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 | |
Spisula aff. subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
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Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, "Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945 abra | |
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Spaniorinus cimbricus Kautsky 1925 clam | |
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"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
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Goodallia laevigata, Goodallia waeli, Goodallia angulata, Astarte goldfussi, "Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata, Digitaria beyschlageri
Goodallia laevigata clam
Goodallia angulata Lehmann 1885 clam
Astarte goldfussi clam
"Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam | |
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
Erycinella chavani clam | |
Pinctada phalaenacea pearl oyster | |
Korobkovia woodi, Pseudamussium lilli, Pecten praebenedictus, Patinopecten brummeli, Mimachlamys angelonii
Korobkovia woodi scallop
Pseudamussium lilli Pusch 1837 scallop
Pecten praebenedictus scallop
Patinopecten brummeli Nyst 1864 scallop
Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880 scallop | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) lamellata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Arcoperna sericea mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Diodora subcostaria d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
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Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet et al. 2002 snail | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Conus antediluvianus cone shell | |
Haustellum inornatum murex snail | |
Scaphella bolli volute | |
"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta
"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
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Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum deshayesi moon snail | |
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna d'Orbigny 1852 turret shell | |
Polyplacophora | |
Hanleya multigranosa chiton | |
Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Thecostraca | |
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758 barnacle | |
Malacostraca | |
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