E17-E18 motorway, western verge: Tortonian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pseudamussium clavatum
(Poli 1795)
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium aff. badense
Hörnes 1856
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recombined as Fissidentalium badense | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus simplex
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Echinoidea
- Camarodonta
- Echinidae
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Gracilechinus gracilis
(Agassiz 1869)
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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] |