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
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
Reptilia | |
"Emys camperi n. sp." = Puppigerus camperi
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Gastropoda | |
Keilostoma minor snail | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail | |
Ancilla canalifera Lamarck 1802 olive snail | |
Sycostoma bulbiforme Lamarck 1803 snail | |
Cryptochorda stromboides Hermannsen 1781 volute | |
Sinum clathratum Gmelin 1790 moon snail
Sigatica hatoniensis moon snail | |
Syrnola spina Deshayes 1824 snail | |
Rhizorus lanceolatus snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) plebeius" = Mimachlamys plebeia
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) plebeius" = Mimachlamys plebeia Lamarck 1806 scallop | |
Pinna cf. margaritacea Lamarck 1805 oyster | |
Trigonodesma lissa, Scapularca scapulina, Trinacria cf. bruxellensis, Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata
Trigonodesma lissa Bayan 1873 clam
Scapularca scapulina Lamarck 1805 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam | |
Limopsis granulata clam | |
"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 | |
"Callocardia nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula
"Callocardia nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula Lamarck 1806 venus clam | |
Nemocardium brabanticum cockle | |
"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 | |
"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 | |
Sita crenulata clam | |
"Nucula (Saccella) galeottiana" = Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana
"Nucula (Saccella) galeottiana" = Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana Nyst 1843 pointed nut clam | |
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