Where: Belgium (50.8° N, 5.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.5° N, 9.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Alden Biesen Sand Member (Borgloon Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Alden Biesen Sand Mbr of the Borgloon Fm, which overlies the Zelzate Fm, and is overlain by the Bilzen Fm. AGE: Rupelian; justification not provided. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for the member in the local area.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Marquet et al

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Marquet, Karnekamp, Lenaerts, and Smith, in addition to historic collections: REPOSITORY: Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), and Nationaal Natuurhistorich Murseum Naturalis (NNM).

Primary reference: R. Marquet, J. Lenaerts, C. Karnekamp and R. Smith. 2008. The molluscan fauna of the Borgloon Formation in Belgium (Rupelian, Early Oligocene). Palaeontos 12:1-99 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111371: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.06.2011

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