Antwerp International Airport LP1 & LP2 (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Deist Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Units 1 & 2

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Goolaerts, J. de Ceuster, F. H. Mollen, B. Gijsen, M. Bosselaers, O. Lambert, A. Uchman, M. Van Herck, R. Adriaens, R. Houthuys, S. Louwye, Y. Bruneel, J. Elsen and K. Hoedemakers. 2020. The upper Miocene Deurne Member of the Diest Formation revisited: unexpected results from the study of a large temporary outcrop near Antwerp International Airport, Belgium. eologica Belgica 23(3-4) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 217346: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Carnivora -
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Frisiphoca affine Vanden Broeck 1874 seal
Nanophoca vitulinoides Van Beneden 1876 seal
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Thalassocetus sp. Abel 1905 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea -
Delphinida indet. Muizon 1984 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae indet. Gray 1870 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
aff. Parietobalaena sp. Kellogg 1924 whale
Parietobalaena affinis Van Beneden and Gervais 1868 whale
'Parietobalaena’ affinis
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale
Herentalia-like cetotheriids
 Cetacea -
Plesiocetus sp. Van Beneden 1859 whale
Plesiocetus dubius Van Beneden 1872 whale
‘Plesiocetus’ dubius
Actinopteri
 Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Lophiidae indet. Cuvier anglerfish
 Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadidae indet. Rafinesque 1810
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring
perhaps Sardina
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon
Chondrichthyes
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon sp. Buckland 1838 chimaera
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp. hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Prionace glauca blue shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retroflexus, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudamussium inflexum Poli 1795 scallop
Pseudamussium lilli Pusch 1837 scallop
Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880 scallop