Bruxelles Sands (Sables d'Bruxelles) - Bruxelles Formation (Eocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (50.8° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bruxelles Sands Member (Bruxelles Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bruxelles Sands, the upper part of the Bruxellian (B1 or Formation of den Hoorn). Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. THICKNESS: Unknown. AGE: Middle Eocene, with affinities to Lutetian faunas. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for entire member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated. but appears to be relatively shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but presumably unlithified based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated in english text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in english text (I.S.T)??.

Primary reference: M. Glibert. 1985. Les Bivalves et Gastéropodes du Bruxellien inférieur de la Belgique (Eocène moyen). Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique 115:261-366 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77613: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.01.2008, edited by David Nicholson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with use of subgenera and species-resolution assignments.
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Emys camperi n. sp." = Puppigerus camperi
"Emys camperi n. sp." = Puppigerus camperi Gray 1831 sea turtle
Gray 1831 I.R.S.N.B. 1687/R.4
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla canalifera Lamarck 1802 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma bulbiforme Lamarck 1803 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Cryptochorda stromboides Hermannsen 1781 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum clathratum Gmelin 1790 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Syrnola spina Deshayes 1824 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) plebeius" = Mimachlamys plebeia
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) plebeius" = Mimachlamys plebeia Lamarck 1806 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. margaritacea Lamarck 1805 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica, Caryocorbula striata, "Varicorbula brabantina" = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam
Caryocorbula striata Lamarck 1801 clam
"Varicorbula brabantina" = Corbula (Varicorbula) clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Callocardia nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula
"Callocardia nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Cavilucina sulcata" = Cavilucina (Cavilucina) sulcata, "Monitilora elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans, "Gibbolucina gibbosula" = Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) gibbosula
"Cavilucina sulcata" = Cavilucina (Cavilucina) sulcata Lamarck 1806 clam
"Monitilora elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans Defrance 1823 clam
"Gibbolucina gibbosula" = Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) gibbosula Lamarck 1806 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Megacardita planicosta" = Venericor planicosta, "Venericardia carinata" = Claibornicardia carinata, Pleuromeris decussata
"Megacardita planicosta" = Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801 clam
"Venericardia carinata" = Claibornicardia carinata Sowerby 1819 clam
Pleuromeris decussata Lamarck 1806 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nucula (Saccella) galeottiana" = Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana
"Nucula (Saccella) galeottiana" = Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana Nyst 1843 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) fragilis Deshayes 1829 nut clam
SUBSPECIES: Nucula (Nucula) fragilis convexior