Antwerp International Airport LP1 & LP2 (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Deist Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Units 1 & 2

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Goolaerts, J. de Ceuster, F. H. Mollen, B. Gijsen, M. Bosselaers, O. Lambert, A. Uchman, M. Van Herck, R. Adriaens, R. Houthuys, S. Louwye, Y. Bruneel, J. Elsen and K. Hoedemakers. 2020. The upper Miocene Deurne Member of the Diest Formation revisited: unexpected results from the study of a large temporary outcrop near Antwerp International Airport, Belgium. eologica Belgica 23(3-4) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 217346: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Plesiocetus sp. Van Beneden 1859 whale
Plesiocetus dubius Van Beneden 1872 whale
‘Plesiocetus’ dubius
aff. Parietobalaena sp. Kellogg 1924 whale
Parietobalaena affinis Van Beneden and Gervais 1868 whale
'Parietobalaena’ affinis
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale
Herentalia-like cetotheriids
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea -
Delphinida indet. Muizon 1984 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae indet. Gray 1870 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Thalassocetus sp. Abel 1905 sperm whale
 Carnivora -
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Nanophoca vitulinoides Van Beneden 1876 seal
Frisiphoca affine Vanden Broeck 1874 seal
Actinopteri
 Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Lophiidae indet. Cuvier anglerfish
 Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadidae indet. Rafinesque 1810
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring
perhaps Sardina
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Prionace glauca blue shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp. hound shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retroflexus, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon sp. Buckland 1838 chimaera
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880 scallop
Pseudamussium lilli Pusch 1837 scallop
Pseudamussium inflexum Poli 1795 scallop