Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Unit B Member (Oosterhout Formation), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Zanclean to early Piacenzian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. Wijnker, T. J. Bor, F. P. Wesselingh, D. K. Munsterman, H. Brinkhuis, A. W. Burger, H. B. Vonhof, K. Post, K. Hoedemakers, A. C. Janse, and N. Taverne. 2008. Neogene stratigraphy of the Langenboom locality (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 87(2):165-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59003: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.03.2006, edited by Loic Villier
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiura paucilepis n. sp.3
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Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Cosmopolitodus escheri, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Cosmopolitodus escheri mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark | |
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767 skate | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark
Notorhynchus cepidianus sevengill shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758 | |
Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum 1792 flatfish | |
Dicentrarchus iabrax temperate bass | |
"Gobiidarum" sp. Unknown goby | |
Aves | |
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua Marsh 1870 auk | |
Mammalia | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale | |
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
Phocoenidae indet. Gray 1825 porpoise | |
Cervus rhenanus deer | |
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"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus | |
Malacostraca | |
"Plioaxius lineadactylus" = Axius lineadactylus1
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Yoldia semistriata clam | |
Nucula sp., "Nucula cf. trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula cf. trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula Wood 1840 nut clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Parvilucina scaldensis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
? Lentidium complanatum, "Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
? Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Glossus humanus clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula cf. albertantonorum Marquet 2005 clam | |
Venerupis rhomboides venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Dosinia lentiformis venus clam | |
Pygocardia sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Diplodonta rotunda" = Diplodonta, "Felaniella astartea" = Diplodonta
"Diplodonta rotunda" = Diplodonta clam
"Felaniella astartea" = Diplodonta clam | |
Parvicardium cf. scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle
Laevicardium decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle | |
Tellina donacilla, "Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni
Tellina donacilla Wood 1840 tellin clam
"Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni Nyst and Westendorp 1839 tellin clam | |
"Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica, Abra cf. alba
"Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica Montagu 1808 abra
Abra cf. alba Wood 1802 abra | |
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Cuspidaria cuspidata clam | |
Astarte anus, Astarte corbuloides, Astarte trigonata, Astarte fusca, Astarte sp., Astarte sensu lato sp., "Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti, "Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata, Astarte incerta, Digitaria digitaria
Astarte anus clam
Astarte corbuloides clam
Astarte trigonata clam
Astarte fusca clam
Astarte sensu lato sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
"Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti Nyst 1835 clam
"Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata Sowerby 1817 clam
Astarte incerta Wood 1850 clam
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Mytilus cf. antiquorum mussel | |
Palliolum gerardi Nyst 1835 scallop | |
Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea, Scaphander lignarus
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail
Scaphander lignarus snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail | |
Aporrhais scaldensis snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
? Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824 snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Turritella vanderfeeni, "Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata
Turritella vanderfeeni Brakman 1937 turret shell
"Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell | |
Epitonium frondiculum Wood 1842 wentletrap | |
Dinophyceae | |
Trinovantedinium sp. Reid 1977 | |
Impagidinium sp., Amiculosphaera umbracula, Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Ataxiodinium choane, Melitasphaeridium choanophorum, Operculodinium sp., Operculodinium centrocarpum, Lingulodinium machaerophorum
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Operculodinium sp. Wall 1967
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967 | |
Heteraulacacysta sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850
Spiniferites mirabilis Sarjeant 1970 | |