Kattendijk Fm (unspecified): Pliocene, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Rhomboidella prideaux
Marquet 2002
synonym of Plesiothyris
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella (Crenella) decussata (Montagu 1808)
Marquet 2002
Musculus discors (Linnaeus 1767)
Marquet 2002
Modiolarca subpicta
Marquet 2002
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis (Linnaeus 1758)
Marquet 2002
original and current combination Mytilus edulis
Modiolula phasiolina
Marquet 2002
spelled with current rank as Amygdalum (Modiolula)
Arcoperna serica (Bronn 1831)
Marquet 2002
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris obovata (Lamarck 1819)
Marquet 2002
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata ringelei
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Pectenculina) anomala
Marquet 2002
SUBSPECIES: Limopsis (Pectenculina) anomala coxi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina fragilis
Marquet 1995
SUBSPECIES: Atrina fragilis kalloensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pinctada phalaenacea
Marquet 2002
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin 1791)
Marquet 2002
Pseudamussium princeps (Sowerby 1826)
Marquet 2002
Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli 1795)
Marquet 2002
Palliolum tigerinum
Marquet 2002
Palliolum gerardi (Nyst 1835)
Marquet 2002
Pecten grandis
Marquet 2002
Aequipecten opecularis
Marquet and Dijkstra 2000
SUBSPECIES: Aequipecten opecularis opecularis
Aequipecten radians (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
Marquet and Dijkstra 2000
SUBSPECIES: Aequipecten radians radians
Aequipecten wagenaari Marquet and Dijkstra 2000
Marquet and Dijkstra 2000
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Carinastarte trigonata
Marquet 2005
spelled with current rank as Astarte (Carinastarte)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
Marquet 2005
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
Marquet 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Mysella (Mysella) bidentata (Montague 1803)
Marquet 2005
recombined as Diarmaidia bidentata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus 1767)
Marquet 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Pectunculus) cf. exoleta (Linnaeus 1758)
Marquet 2005
Venus (Ventricoloidea) pseudoturgida
Marquet 2005
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima (Montagu 1803)
Marquet 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus (Glossus) humanus
Marquet 2005
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839
Marquet 2005
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Marquet 2005
recombined as Hiatella arctica
Panopea glycimeris
Marquet 2005
Panopea (Panopea) menardi (Deshayes 1829)
Marquet 2005
SUBSPECIES: Panopea (Panopea) menardi kazakovae
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia (Thracia) inflata
Marquet 2005
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia philippiana
Marquet 2002
SUBSPECIES: Yoldia philippiana wesselinghi
Yoldia (Yoldia) semistriata
Marquet 2002
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella ovalis (Wood 1840)
Marquet 2002
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus (Linnaeus 1758)
Marquet 2002
Nucula (Lamellinucula) cf. jeffreysi (Bellardi 1875)
Marquet 2002
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) vanderfeeni Brakman 1937
Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata (Brocchi 1814)
SUBSPECIES: T. (T.) tricarinata tricarinata
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus obtusus (Schumacher 1817)
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina (Melaraphe) gibbosa (Etheridge and Bell 1923)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Cingula inusitata (Beets 1946)
Alvania (Alvania) beani (Thorpe 1957)
Rissoa (Turboella) obsoleta (Wood 1842)
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Circulus striatus (Philippi 1836)
Gastropoda - Iravadiidae
Ceratia proxima (Forbes and Hanley 1850)
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 4.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 3.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kattendijk
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kattendijk Fm. Unknown lithostratigraphic relations. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple beds within the formation, including basal and Petaloconchus beds.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not specified, but apparently sandstone from figured specimens. LITHIFICATION: Not specified, but poorly-lithified based on figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: DISTRIBUTION: Siliciclastic shallow marine environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Presumably, but not stated to be R. Marquet (1990's-present). REPOSTORY: KBIN, not detailed.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited, only includes families specified in particular taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species and subgenus-level assignments.
Metadata
Database number:76982
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-12-12 15:14:18 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-12-12 15:14:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25971. 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]

Secondary references:

29236 R. Marquet. 1995. A revision of the Caenozoic Pinnidae from Belgium (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Bulletin de l' Institut Royal des Sciences Natuturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 65:241-256 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
29222 R. Marquet. 2002. The Neogene Amphineura and Bivalvia (Protobranchia and Pteriomorphia) from Kallo and Doel (Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium). Palaeontos 2:1-100 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
29219 R. Marquet. 2005. The Neogene Bivalvia (Heterodonta and Anomalodesmata) and Scaphopoda from Kallo and Doel (Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium). Palaeontos 6:1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26284 R. Marquet and H. H. Dijkstra. 2000. Pliocene species of Aequipecten (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinidae) from the North Sea Basin. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 37(3-4):39-55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]