Deurgangkdok, Doel (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.3° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sables de Kiel Member (Berchem Formation), Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), sieve,

Primary reference: J. Herman and R. Marquet. 2007. Observations paléontologiques réalisées dans les terrains néogènes belges de 1971 à 2004 entre Kallo et Doël, Port d'Anvers, rive gauche (Flandre-Orientale, Belgique). Le Miocène du Deurgangkdok à Doël. Memoirs of the geological survey of Belgium 54:1-150 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 95167: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Bruguiera sp. Savigny 1798 mangrove
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet et al. 2002 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus simplex fig shell
Ficus contida fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail
Neverita josephina moon snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pandorida - Lyonsiidae
"Allogramma miocaenica" = Spinolyonsiella
"Allogramma miocaenica" = Spinolyonsiella clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Angulus posterus tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945 abra
 Solenida - Pharidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Panopea (Panopea) menardi Deshayes 1829 clam
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Yoldia glaberrima" = Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Discoporella sp. d'Orbigny 1852
Polychaeta
 Sedentaria -
Sedentaria indet. Lamarck 1818
 Terebellomorpha -
Ostracoda
  -
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus (Chirona) sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Spatangus sp. Gray 1825 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Loveniidae indet. Lambert 1905 heart urchin
Hemipatagus ocellatus Defrance 1827 heart urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Ceramaster cf. polonicus Nosowska 1997 sea star
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Schizodelphis morckhoviensis Du Bus 1872 toothed whale