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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Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiura paucilepis n. sp.3
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Actinopteri | |
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758 | |
Dicentrarchus iabrax temperate bass | |
Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum 1792 flatfish | |
"Gobiidarum" sp. Unknown goby | |
Mammalia | |
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"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale | |
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
Phocoenidae indet. Gray 1825 porpoise | |
Cervus rhenanus deer | |
Aves | |
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua Marsh 1870 auk | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel 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 | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767 skate | |
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark
Notorhynchus cepidianus sevengill shark | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Scaphander lignarus, "Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Scaphander lignarus snail
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail | |
Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Epitonium frondiculum Wood 1842 wentletrap | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824 snail | |
? Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Aporrhais scaldensis snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Turritella vanderfeeni, "Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata
Turritella vanderfeeni Brakman 1937 turret shell
"Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 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 | |
Yoldia semistriata clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Palliolum gerardi Nyst 1835 scallop | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Mytilus cf. antiquorum mussel | |
Parvilucina scaldensis, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 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 | |
Glossus humanus clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula cf. albertantonorum Marquet 2005 clam | |
Dosinia lentiformis venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venerupis rhomboides 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 | |
Parvicardium cf. scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle
Laevicardium decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle | |
"Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni, Tellina donacilla
"Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni Nyst and Westendorp 1839 tellin clam
Tellina donacilla Wood 1840 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 | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Cuspidaria cuspidata clam | |
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Digitaria digitaria, Astarte anus, Astarte corbuloides, Astarte trigonata, Astarte fusca, Astarte sp., Astarte sensu lato sp., "Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata, "Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti, Astarte incerta
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 sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata Sowerby 1817 clam
"Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti Nyst 1835 clam
Astarte incerta Wood 1850 clam | |
Malacostraca | |
"Plioaxius lineadactylus" = Axius lineadactylus1
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Dinophyceae | |
Heteraulacacysta sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 | |
Ataxiodinium choane, Melitasphaeridium choanophorum, Operculodinium sp., Operculodinium centrocarpum, Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Impagidinium sp., Amiculosphaera umbracula, Lingulodinium machaerophorum
Operculodinium sp. Wall 1967
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978 | |
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850
Spiniferites mirabilis Sarjeant 1970 | |
Trinovantedinium sp. Reid 1977 | |