Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 4.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, nodular, phosphatic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Boxtel
Primary reference: R. H. B. Fraaije, B. W. M. van Bakel, J. W. M. Jagt and F. H. Mollen. 2011. A new axiid (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) from the Neogene of Belgium and the Netherlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 260(2):157-163 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 126155: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 31.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
"Plioaxius lineadactylus n. sp." = Axius lineadactylus
"Plioaxius lineadactylus n. sp." = Axius lineadactylus Fraaije et al. 2011 decapod | |
Bivalvia | |
Glossus cf. humanus clam | |
Spisula ? arcuata Sowerby 1817 clam | |
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Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
Acanthocardia cf. echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle | |
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Panopea cf. faujasi clam
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Pecten grandis scallop | |
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Galeodea cf. bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail | |
Scaphella cf. lamberti Sowerby 1823 volute |