Belfeld, bore 14 (Miocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (51.3° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 5.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• 27-45 m

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: J. G. De Gruyter. 1944. Koralen van het Nederlandsche Tertiair [Corals from the Tertiary of the Netherlands]. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 14(1):10-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123970: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia crassicosta Keferstein 1859 stony coral
"Caryophyllia granulata" = Ceratocyathus granulatus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral