Langenboom, Oosterhout Formation, Unit C (Pliocene of Netherlands)

Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 5.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Unit C Member (Oosterhout Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, brown, green sandstone

• homogenous, less compact, greenish grey, slightly silty, fine-grained, well-sorted quartz sand with some fine-grained, well-sorted quartz sand with some fine-grained light and darg green glauconite, lacking carbonate and containing very little mica

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. Wijnker, T. J. Bor, F. P. Wesselingh, D. K. Munsterman, H. Brinkhuis, A. W. Burger, H. B. Vonhof, K. Post, K. Hoedemakers, A. C. Janse, and N. Taverne. 2008. Neogene stratigraphy of the Langenboom locality (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 87(2):165-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89446: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp.
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia semistriata
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp.
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail