Bruxelles Sands (Sables d'Bruxelles) - Bruxelles Formation: Lutetian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Emys camperi n. sp.
Gray 1831
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Moody 1974 | |||||||||
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| Gray 1831 I.R.S.N.B. 1687/R.4 | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Syrnola spina
(Deshayes 1824)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum clathratum
Gmelin 1790
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Sigatica hatoniensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Sycostoma bulbiforme
(Lamarck 1803)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Cryptochorda stromboides
(Hermannsen 1781)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Ancilla canalifera
Lamarck 1802
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Ancilla buccinoides
Lamarck 1802
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| recombined as Spirancilla buccinoides | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Diastomatidae
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Keilostoma minor
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Rhizorus lanceolatus
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna cf. margaritacea
Lamarck 1805
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lyropecten (Aequipecten) plebeius
(Lamarck 1806)
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| recombined as Mimachlamys plebeia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata
(Sowerby 1820)
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Trigonodesma lissa
(Bayan 1873)
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Scapularca scapulina
(Lamarck 1805)
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Trinacria cf. bruxellensis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis granulata
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Cavilucina sulcata
(Lamarck 1806)
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| recombined as Cavilucina (Cavilucina) sulcata | ||||||||||
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Monitilora elegans
(Defrance 1823)
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| recombined as Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans | ||||||||||
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Gibbolucina gibbosula
(Lamarck 1806)
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| recombined as Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) gibbosula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium brabanticum
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callocardia nitidula
(Lamarck 1806)
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| recombined as Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Petalocardia pectinifera
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bicorbula gallica
(Lamarck 1801)
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| recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica | ||||||||||
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Varicorbula brabantina
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| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
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Caryocorbula striata
(Lamarck 1801)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Pleuromeris decussata
(Lamarck 1806)
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Venericardia carinata
Sowerby 1819
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| recombined as Claibornicardia carinata | ||||||||||
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Megacardita planicosta
(Lamarck 1801)
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| recombined as Venericor planicosta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus tenuistriatus
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Sita crenulata
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Nucula) fragilis
(Deshayes 1829)
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| SUBSPECIES: Nucula (Nucula) fragilis convexior | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nucula (Saccella) galeottiana
Nyst 1843
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| recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 4.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° North, 0.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bruxelles | Member: | Bruxelles Sands | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but presumably unlithified based on figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated. but appears to be relatively shallow marine siliciclastic setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in english text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in english text (I.S.T)??. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with use of subgenera and species-resolution assignments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77613 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | A. Hendy, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-15 19:09:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-15 19:09:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24507. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 54216 | R. T. J. Moody. 1974. The taxonomy and morphology of Puppigerus camperi, an Eocene sea turtle from northern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 25:155-186 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] |