Calcaire de Eisden, Belgium, 231 m: Danian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Lamellinucula sinuatella
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nucula (Lamellinucula) | ||||||||||
| Nucula (Lamellinucula) sinuatella | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte cf. houzeaui
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Ctenoides pireti
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110 specimens | |||||||||
| ca. 110 Lima (Ctenoides) pireti | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Parvamussium bisculptum
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| ca. 15 Propeamussium (Parvamussium) bisculptum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis (Cosmetopsis) minuscula
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Limopsis ludbrookae n. sp.
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris duponti
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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? Barbatia sp.
Gray 1842
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca montensis
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| ca. 10 | ||||||||||
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Acar scaberrima
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| ca. 7 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Fimbria montensis
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Fimbria transversaria
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| ca. 12 | ||||||||||
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Monitilora cf. duponti
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Here (Monitilora) duponti | ||||||||||
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? Prophetilora lamellicardo
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Here (Prophetilora?) lamellicardo | ||||||||||
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Barbierella briarti
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Here (Barbierella) briarti | ||||||||||
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Loripes (Eberzinella) houzeaui
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Parvilucina seminulum
(Deshayes 1857)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Lucina (Parvilucina) seminulum | ||||||||||
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Miltha montensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| ca. 5 | ||||||||||
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Recticardo dolloi
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Miltha (Recticardo) | ||||||||||
| Miltha (Recticardo) dolloi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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? Cuspidaria sp.
Dall 1886
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Clavagellidae
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? Clavagella sp.
Blainville 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula montensis
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
| 5 valves & 2 bivalves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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? Microcallista montensis
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Callista (Microcallista) | ||||||||||
| Callista (Microcallista?) montensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Loxocardium briarti
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Nemocardium sp.
Meek 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| fragment | ||||||||||
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Parvicardium cf. tenuitesta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella excelsa
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| ca. 6 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Miodomeris semen
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50 specimens | |||||||||
| Pteromeris (Miodomeris) semen | ||||||||||
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Venericardia gliberti
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia straeleni
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Choniocardia eisdenensis n. sp.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pleuromeris (Choniocardia) | ||||||||||
| Pleuromeris (Choniocardia) eisdenensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 5.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 3.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Paleocene |
| *International age/stage: | Middle Danian - Late/Upper Danian | *Local age/stage: | Montian |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Calcaire de Eisden | Member: | supérieur | Local bed: | 231 |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Montian is now considered middle/late Danian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Revision of the fauna of Vincent (1928) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Bivalves only | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | KT loc 429 | ||
| Database number: | 26891 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-11-07 07:37:00 | Last modified: | 2002-11-11 13:08:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-11-07 07:37:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7358. | M. Glibert and L. van de Poel. 1973. Les Bivalvia du Danien et du Montien de la Belgique. Mémoires / Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 175:1-89 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
| 6596 | M. Glibert. 1973. Revision des Gastropoda du Danien et du Montien de la Belgique. I, Les Gastropoda du Calcaire de Mons. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoire 173:1-115 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |