Kleine-Spauwen (Oligocene of Belgium)

Also known as Klein-Spauwen

Where: Belgium (50.8° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 1.9° E)

When: NP 23 nannofossil zone, Kleine Spouwen Member (Bilzen Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Tongrian; Tg2b; also given as Kleine-Spauwen and Nucula comta clay.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Garilli and D. Parrinello. 2014. Taxonomy and palaeobiogeography of the Cenozoic Euro-Mediterranean rissoid gastropod Galeodinopsis and its relationship with close genera. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(2):379-406 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178068: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Rissoa duboisii n. sp." = Galeodinopsis semperi, "Paludina draparnaudi" = Tournoueria draparnaudi
"Rissoa duboisii n. sp." = Galeodinopsis semperi Wiechmann 1871 snail
"Paludina draparnaudi" = Tournoueria draparnaudi Nyst 1836 snail