Where: Belgium (51.3° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kruisschans Member (Lillo Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kruisschans Mbr of the Lillo Fm, which overlies the Oorderen Mbr and is overlain by the Merksem Mbr. AGE: Early Gelasian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple beds within member.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably, but not stated to be R. Marquet (1990's). REPOSTORY: KBIN, not detailed.
Primary reference: R. Marquet. 1997. Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) - Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae-Tornidae. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 34(1-2):9-29 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76984: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata, "Turritella (Haustator) tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata
"Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell SUBSPECIES: T. (T.) tricarinata tricarinata
"Turritella (Haustator) tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell | |
Littorina (Melaraphe) suboperta periwinkle
Eula terebellata Nyst 1835 periwinkle | |
Cingula inusitata Beets 1946 snail
Rissoa (Turboella) obsoleta Wood 1842 snail | |
Tornus belgicus Glibert 1949 snail |