Berchem/Borgerhout, province of Antwerp (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 2.5° E)

When: Berchem Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Hemmoorian, Oxlundian

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithology not reported

• Antwerp Sands

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. H. Dijkstra and A. W. Janssen. 1988. Capedopecten anellus gen. et spec. nov. (Mollusca, Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from the Antwerp Sands (Miocene, Hemmoorian) in Belgium. Basteria 52:175-187 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186881: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pterioida -
Capedopecten anellus Dijkstra and Janssen 1988 clam