Antwerp International Airport LP1 & LP2: Tortonian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Carcharomodus sp.
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Squalondontidae indet.
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Korobkovia woodi
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Pseudamussium inflexum
(Poli 1795)
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Pseudamussium lilli
(Pusch 1837)
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Mimachlamys angelonii
(de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880)
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Ditrupa sp.
Berkeley 1835
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Lingulata
- Discinida
- Disciniidae
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Discinisca fallens
(Wood 1874)
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Edaphodontidae
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Edaphodon sp.
Buckland 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Mobula sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Mustelus sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Prionace glauca
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus retroflexus
(Agassiz 1838)
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Cosmopolitodus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Pinnipedia indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Nanophoca vitulinoides
(Van Beneden 1876)
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Frisiphoca affine
(Vanden Broeck 1874)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Cetotheriidae indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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| Herentalia-like cetotheriids | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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aff. Parietobalaena sp.
Kellogg 1924
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Parietobalaena affinis
(Van Beneden and Gervais 1868)
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Aglaocetus burtini
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Plesiocetus sp.
Van Beneden 1859
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| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | ||||||||||
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Plesiocetus dubius
(Van Beneden 1872)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | ||||||||||
| ‘Plesiocetus’ dubius | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphinidae indet.
(Abel 1901)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Delphinida indet.
Muizon 1984
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Pontoporiidae
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Pontoporiidae indet.
Gray 1870
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Physeteroidea indet.
Gray 1868
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Thalassocetus sp.
Abel 1905
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Clupeidae indet.
Cuvier 1817
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| perhaps Sardina | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lophiiformes
- Lophiidae
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Lophiidae indet.
Cuvier
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Molidae
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Molidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Gadidae
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Gadidae indet.
Rafinesque 1810
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Geography
| Country: | Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 4.5° 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: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Deist | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Units 1 & 2 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| 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: | 217346 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-02-09 10:57:38 | Last modified: | 2021-02-09 10:57:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-02-09 10:57:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 75494. | S. Goolaerts, J. de Ceuster, F. H. Mollen, B. Gijsen, M. Bosselaers, O. Lambert, A. Uchman, M. Van Herck, R. Adriaens, R. Houthuys, S. Louwye, Y. Bruneel, J. Elsen and K. Hoedemakers. 2020. The upper Miocene Deurne Member of the Diest Formation revisited: unexpected results from the study of a large temporary outcrop near Antwerp International Airport, Belgium. eologica Belgica 23(3-4) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |