Antwerp area - unspecified [Oorderen Mbr, Kattendijk Fm] (Pliocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.3° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oorderen Member (Lillo Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Oorderen Mbr, Lillo Fm, which overlies the Luchtbal Mbr and is overlain by the Kruisschans Mbr. AGE: Piacenzian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple, unspecified, beds in unit.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• DISTRIBUTION: Siliciclastic shallow marine environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not specified, but apparently sandstone from figured specimens. LITHIFICATION: Not specified, but poorly-lithified based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably, but not stated to be R. Marquet (1990's). REPOSTORY: KBIN, not detailed.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76983: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.12.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited, only includes families specified in particular taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species and subgenus-level assignments.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell
SUBSPECIES: T. (T.) tricarinata tricarinata
Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell
SUBSPECIES: T. (H.) incrassata incrassata
 Sorbeoconcha - Skeneopsidae
Skeneopsis planorbis Fabricius 1780 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania (Alvania) beani Thorpe 1957 snail
Alvania (Alvania) simonsi Marquet 1997 snail
Peringiella crassilabris Marquet 1997 snail
Onoba semicostata Montagu 1803 snail
Cingula inusitata Beets 1946 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus belgicus Glibert 1949 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum mammillatum Wood 1842 snail
Caecum glabrum Montagu 1803 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus supranitidus Wood 1842 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Ceratia proxima Forbes and Hanley 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten wagenaari1 Marquet and Dijkstra 2000 scallop
Aequipecten opercularis1 Linnaeus 1758 scallop
SUBSPECIES: Aequipecten opercularis opercularis
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus antiqorum2 Sowerby 1821 mussel