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
Scaphopoda | |
Gadila beniosti houthaelensis tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculoma haesendoncki haesendoncki nut clam | |
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Gastropoda | |
Xenophora deshayesi deshayesi carrier shell | |
Ficus condita condita fig shell | |
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
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Reptilia | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped | |
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Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
aff. Delphinodon sp. Leidy 1869 toothed whale
aff. Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale | |
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale | |
Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925 toothed whale | |
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
Pelocetidae indet. Steeman 2007 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Malacostraca | |
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Thecostraca | |
"Megabalanus tintinnabulum" = Balanus tintinnabulum
"Megabalanus tintinnabulum" = Balanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758 barnacle | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Panopea (Panopea) kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966 clam
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam | |
Spaniorinus cimbricus Kautsky 1925 clam | |
"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 praecedens" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis praecedens
"Lucinoma borealis praecedens" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis praecedens von Koenen 1868 clam | |
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
Erycinella chavani clam | |
Astarte goldfussi, "Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata, Goodallia laevigata, Goodallia angulata, Digitaria beyschlageri
Astarte goldfussi clam
"Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Goodallia laevigata clam
Goodallia angulata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Pinctada phalaenacea pearl oyster | |
Pecten praebenedictus, Mimachlamys angelonii, Korobkovia woodi, Patinopecten brummeli, Pseudamussium lilli
Pecten praebenedictus scallop
Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880 scallop
Korobkovia woodi scallop
Patinopecten brummeli Nyst 1864 scallop
Pseudamussium lilli Pusch 1837 scallop | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) lamellata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Arcoperna sericea mussel | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum deshayesi moon snail | |
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet et al. 2002 snail | |
Conus antediluvianus cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta
"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Scaphella bolli volute | |
Haustellum inornatum murex snail | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna d'Orbigny 1852 turret shell | |
Diodora subcostaria d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
Polyplacophora | |
Hanleya multigranosa chiton | |
Anthozoa | |
"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 | |
Astrea belgica stony coral |