Posthofbrug, Antwerpen Sands: Burdigalian - Langhian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hinnitis ercolaniana
Neopycnodente navicularis
Mancasinodia nysti
Eurinodelphinidae indet.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Astrea belgica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cf. tuberculatum Keferstein 1859
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Ceratocyathus granulatus (Goldfuss 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Eupsammia praelonga (Michelotti 1838)
1 specimen
recombined as Balanophyllia praelonga
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Cidaris" belgica
listed as "Cidaris belgica"
Mammalia - Carnivora
Pinnipedia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
aff. Prophoca sp. Van Beneden 1876
    = Phocidae indet. Gray 1821
Dewaele et al. 2017
original and current combination Phocadae
Prophoca rousseaui Van Beneden 1876
Dewaele et al. 2017 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Pelocetidae
Pelocetidae indet. Steeman 2007
invalid subgroup of Thalassotherii
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Xiphiacetus bossi (Kellogg 1925)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936
aff. Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927
aff. Delphinodon sp. Leidy 1869
Mammalia - Cetacea
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Keasius rhenanus Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora subcostaria (d'Orbigny 1852)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
Sinum deshayesi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus antediluvianus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Baryspira obsoleta (Brocchi 1814)
recombined as Amalda obsoleta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella bolli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Haustellum inornatum
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet et al. 2002
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi (Michelotti 1847)
subspecies deshayesi
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis bicoronata
subspecies bicoronata
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus condita (Brongniart 1823)
subspecies condita
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella eryna d'Orbigny 1852
recombined as Haustator eryna
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila beniosti
subspecies houthaelensis
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Hanleyidae
Hanleya multigranosa
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma haesendoncki
subspecies haesendoncki
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Chevronia) baldii
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Phrynelima) anomale
Limopsis (Limopsis) lamellata (Lehmann 1885)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pseudamussium lilli (Pusch 1837)
Pecten lilli
Pecten praebenedictus
Korobkovia woodi
Patinopecten brummeli (Nyst 1864)
Mimachlamys angelonii (de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pinctada phalaenacea
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcoperna sericea
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
subspecies praecedens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
subspecies gibba
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Galeommatidae
Spaniorinus cimbricus (Kautsky 1925)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus lunulatus
subspecies lunulatus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula aff. subtruncata (da Costa 1778)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
subspecies multilamella
Gouldia minima (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus 1767)
subspecies islandica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium (Habecardium) subturgidum
listed as Laevicardium (H.) subturgidum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839
Panopea (Panopea) kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Hiatella arctica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Erycinella chavani
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867
Glans (Cardita) ronchetti
listed as Glans (C.) ronchetti
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Goodallia laevigata
Goodallia waeli (Glibert 1945)
subspecies waeli
Goodallia angulata (Lehmann 1885)
Digitaria beyschlageri
Astarte goldfussi
Astarte radiata Nyst and Westendorp 1839
recombined as Astarte (Astarte) radiata
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Cupuladria cf. haidingeri
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus 1758)
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Brachyura indet. (Latreille 1802)
original and current combination Brachyuri
crab claw, crab carapace
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 4.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 2.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Berchem Member:Antwerpen Sands
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: latest Burdigalian to Langhian (16.5 to 15.1 Ma)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black,gray argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: shallowing upward

neritic, energetic, shallowed upwards
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Faunal list is only from Unit 2.
Metadata
Database number:114830
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-08-25 04:13:38 Last modified:2021-08-20 13:15:35
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-25 04:13:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37209. S. Louwye, R. Marquet, M. Bosselaers and O. Lambert. 2010. Stratigraphy of an early-middle Miocene sequence near Antwerp in Northern Belgium (Southern North Sea Basin). Geologica Belgica 13(3):269-284 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

61790 L. Dewaele, O. Lambert, and S. Louwye. 2017. On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications. PeerJ 5:e3024 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
77572 T. Reinecke and A. Radwanski. 2015. Fossil sharks basking sharks of the genus Keasius (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the boreal North Sea Basin and Upper Rhine Graben: Evolution of dental characteristics from the Oligocene to Middle Miocene and description of two new species. Palaentos 28(3):39-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]