E17-E18 motorway, western verge: Tortonian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli 1795)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium aff. badense Hörnes 1856
recombined as Fissidentalium badense
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus simplex
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Gracilechinus gracilis (Agassiz 1869)
subspecies nysti
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 4.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 3.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Deurne Sands
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:206291
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-11-08 17:10:49 Last modified:2019-11-08 17:10:49
Access level:the public Released:2019-11-08 17:10:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

70820. J. Geys. 1989. On the presence of Gracilechinus (Echinoidea, Echinidae) in the Late Miocene of the Antwerp Area (Belgium). Meded. Werkgr. Tert. Kwart. Geol 26(1):3-10 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]