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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Malacostraca | |
"Plioaxius lineadactylus" = Axius lineadactylus1
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Epitonium frondiculum Wood 1842 wentletrap | |
Turritella vanderfeeni, "Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata
Turritella vanderfeeni Brakman 1937 turret shell
"Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Aporrhais scaldensis snail | |
Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824 snail | |
? Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Scaphander lignarus, "Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Scaphander lignarus snail
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail | |
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 | |
Mytilus cf. antiquorum mussel | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Palliolum gerardi Nyst 1835 scallop | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Parvilucina scaldensis, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Cuspidaria cuspidata clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
? Lentidium complanatum, "Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
? Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula cf. albertantonorum Marquet 2005 clam | |
Glossus humanus 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 | |
Laevicardium decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle
Parvicardium cf. scabrum Philippi 1844 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 cf. alba, "Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica
Abra cf. alba Wood 1802 abra
"Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica Montagu 1808 abra | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam | |
Digitaria digitaria, Astarte anus, Astarte corbuloides, Astarte trigonata, Astarte fusca, Astarte sp., Astarte sensu lato sp., Astarte incerta, "Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata, "Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam
Astarte anus clam
Astarte corbuloides clam
Astarte trigonata clam
Astarte fusca clam
Astarte sensu lato sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astarte incerta Wood 1850 clam
"Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata Sowerby 1817 clam
"Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti Nyst 1835 clam | |
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 | |
Aves | |
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua Marsh 1870 auk | |
Actinopteri | |
Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum 1792 flatfish | |
Dicentrarchus iabrax temperate bass | |
"Gobiidarum" sp. Unknown goby | |
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758 | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767 skate | |
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark
Notorhynchus cepidianus sevengill shark | |
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark | |
Cosmopolitodus escheri, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Cosmopolitodus escheri mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiura paucilepis n. sp.3
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Dinophyceae | |
Trinovantedinium sp. Reid 1977 | |
Heteraulacacysta sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 | |
Ataxiodinium choane, Amiculosphaera umbracula, Melitasphaeridium choanophorum, Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Impagidinium sp., Lingulodinium machaerophorum, Operculodinium sp., Operculodinium centrocarpum
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Operculodinium sp. Wall 1967
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967 | |
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850
Spiniferites mirabilis Sarjeant 1970 |