Langenboom, Breda Formation, Unit A (Miocene of Netherlands)

Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Unit A Member (Breda Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• early to middle Tortonian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, brown, green sandstone

• homogenous, compact, dark greenish brown, slightly silty, very fine-grained, well-sorted quartz sand with sommon fine-grained dark green glauconite and some small mica flakes

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 89445: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Protophocaena minima
Protophocaena minima Abel 1905 toothed whale
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp.
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp., "Astarte obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
sp. 1
"Astarte obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata Sowerby 1817 clam
sensu lato