Edegem (Miocene to of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 2.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)

• "Bolgerian" = a (latest Aquitanian?)Burdigalian to middle Serravallian age is now attributed to the Berchem Formation (which is subdivided in the Edegem Sands, Kiel Sands and Antwerpen Sands members)(Louwye et al., 2000)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1937. Coral studies, part 1: Two new species of fossil corals. Bulletins of American Paleontology 23(79):237-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122892: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Kionotrochus lecomptei n. sp." = Peponocyathus lecomptei
"Kionotrochus lecomptei n. sp." = Peponocyathus lecomptei Wells 1937 stony coral