Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 2.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Antwerpen Sands Member (Berchem Formation), Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• latest Burdigalian to Langhian (16.5 to 15.1 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; black, gray, argillaceous sandstone
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•neritic, energetic, shallowed upwards
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate
Primary reference: S. Louwye, R. Marquet, M. Bosselaers and O. Lambert. 2010. Stratigraphy of an early-middle Miocene sequence near Antwerp in Northern Belgium (Southern North Sea Basin). Geologica Belgica 13(3):269-284 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114830: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Astrea belgica stony coral | |
Ceratocyathus granulatus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Flabellum cf. tuberculatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral | |
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga
"Eupsammia praelonga" = Balanophyllia praelonga Michelotti 1838 stony coral | |
Polyplacophora | |
Hanleya multigranosa chiton | |
Gastropoda | |
Diodora subcostaria d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna d'Orbigny 1852 turret shell | |
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet et al. 2002 snail | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta
"Baryspira obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Conus antediluvianus cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Haustellum inornatum murex snail | |
Scaphella bolli volute | |
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Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum deshayesi moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) lamellata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Pseudamussium lilli, Mimachlamys angelonii, Pecten praebenedictus, Korobkovia woodi, Patinopecten brummeli
Pseudamussium lilli Pusch 1837 scallop
Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880 scallop
Pecten praebenedictus scallop
Korobkovia woodi scallop
Patinopecten brummeli Nyst 1864 scallop | |
Pinctada phalaenacea pearl oyster | |
Arcoperna sericea mussel | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
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Spaniorinus cimbricus Kautsky 1925 clam | |
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"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima, Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Spisula aff. subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
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Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945 abra | |
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Panopea (Panopea) kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966 clam
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Goodallia laevigata, Goodallia waeli, Goodallia angulata, Digitaria beyschlageri, Astarte goldfussi, "Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata
Goodallia laevigata clam
Goodallia angulata Lehmann 1885 clam
Astarte goldfussi clam
"Astarte radiata" = Astarte (Astarte) radiata Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam | |
Erycinella chavani clam | |
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
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Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Malacostraca | |
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Thecostraca | |
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758 barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Mammalia | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale | |
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925 toothed whale | |
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
aff. Delphinodon sp. Leidy 1869 toothed whale
aff. Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale | |
Pelocetidae indet. Steeman 2007 whale | |
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped | |
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Reptilia | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle |