Post X, Kiel Sand Member (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kiel Sand Member (Berchem Formation), Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Everaert, P. De Schutter, G. Mariƫn, G. Cleemput, J. Van Boeckel, D. Rondelez, and T. Bor. 2019. Een vroeg-miocene fauna uit het Zand van Kiel (Formatie van Berchem) bij Post X in Berchem (Antwerpen). Afzettingen Wtkg 40(4):83-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 208831: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodioxylon sp. Hartig 1848 cypress
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterynotus sp. Swainson 1833 mustached bat
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus sp. Poli 1795 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cordiopsis polytropa" = Pitar (Cordiopsis) venus clam
subspecies nysti
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
"Dasyatis" sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus alsaticus dogfish shark
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
"Raja" sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Pachyscyllium distans" = Premontreia distans, Pachyscyllium dachiardii
"Pachyscyllium distans" = Premontreia distans Probst 1879 cat shark
Pachyscyllium dachiardii Lawley 1876 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
Physogaleus hemmooriensis Reinecke and Hoedemakers 2006 requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna integra hammerhead shark
Sphyrna laevissima Cope 1867 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Araloselachus vorax sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Carcharias gustrowensis Winkler 1875 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias aff. latidens Leriche 1909 thresher shark
Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Keasius rhenanus Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 basking shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale
similar to Orycterocetus crocodilinus
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
Aves
 Neornithes -
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Trachinidae
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
"Colliolus sculptus" = Palimphemus, Merlangius sp., Gadiculus sp.
"Colliolus sculptus" = Palimphemus
Merlangius sp. Geoffroy 1767
Gadiculus sp. Guichenot 1850
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus sp. Giorna 1809 grenadiers
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Hoplobrotula sp. Gill 1864
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Umbrina sp. Cuvier 1817
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis sp. Kaup 1860 conger eel