Langenboom, Oosterhaout Formation, Unit B: Zanclean - Piacenzian, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Mesoplodon longirostris
worn and probably reworked
Pomatoschistius sp.
Aquipecten cf. opercularis
Bitectatodinum tepikiense
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae
Plioaxius lineadactylus Fraaije et al. 2011
Fraaije et al. 2011
recombined as Axius lineadactylus
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium floratum
Dentalium "floratum"
Dentalium sexangulum
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula buccinea (Sowerby 1823)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium frondiculum (Wood 1842)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella vanderfeeni Brakman 1937
Turritella cf. incrassata Sowerby 1814
recombined as Turritella (Haustator) incrassata
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus conditus (Brongniart 1823)
recombined as Ficus condita
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Galeodea bicatenata (Sowerby 1815)
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais scaldensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Amyclina labiosa (Sowerby 1824)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander lignarus
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant 1777)
recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia semistriata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Nucula cf. trigonula Wood 1840
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) trigonula
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus cf. antiquorum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Palliolum gerardi (Nyst 1835)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina scaldensis
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria cuspidata
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya arenaria Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Lentidium complanatum (Lamarck 1822)
Corbula gibba (Oliva 1792)
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp. Gray 1837
Spisula cf. trangulata
Spisula cf. albertantonorum Marquet 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus humanus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venerupis rhomboides
Timoclea ovata (Pennant 1777)
Dosinia lentiformis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pygocardia sp. Fischer 1887
Pygocardia rustica (Sowerby 1818)
forma tumida and forma solida
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta rotunda
Felaniella astartea
synonym of Diplodonta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium decorticatum (Wood 1840)
Parvicardium cf. scabrum Philippi 1844
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina donacilla Wood 1840
Tellina benedeni Nyst and Westendorp 1839
recombined as Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra cf. alba (Wood 1802)
Abra aff. prismatica (Montagu 1808)
recombined as Abra (Abra) prismatica
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Cultellus cultellatus
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817
Ensis hausmanni sensu lato
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia scalaris
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867
sp. 1
Pteromeris corbis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus 1758)
Astarte anus
Astarte corbuloides
Astarte trigonata
Astarte fusca
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
sp. 1-4
Astarte sp. sensu lato Sowerby 1816
Astarte incerta Wood 1850
Astarte obliquata sensu lato Sowerby 1817
recombined as Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata
Astarte cf. galeotti Nyst 1835
recombined as Astarte (Astarte) galeotti
Mammalia - Cetacea
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet. (Brandt 1872)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864
Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Phocoenidae indet. (Gray 1825)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus rhenanus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Batavipusa neerlandica Koretsky and Peters 2008
Koretsky and Peters 2008
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Alachtherium cretsii (Du Bus 1867)
synonym of Ontocetus emmonsi
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Alca antiqua (Marsh 1870)
recombined as Uria antiqua
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadiculus benedeni
Gadiculus verticalis
Trisopterus sculptus (Koken 1891)
synonym of Palimphemus anceps
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum 1792)
Actinopteri - Moronidae
Dicentrarchus iabrax
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
"Gobiidarum" modestus
"Gobiidarum" sp. Unknown
Actinopteri - Trachinidae
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758
Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851
Notorhynchus cepidianus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner 1765)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Cosmopolitodus escheri
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiura paucilepis n. sp. Stöhr et al. 2011
Stöhr et al. 2011 2 individuals
unclassified
Filisphaera microornata
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales
Tectatodinium pellitum
Barssidinium pliocenium
Barssidinium graminosum
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Protoperidiniaceae
Selenopemphix quanta
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Trinovantedinium sp. Reid 1977
Dinophyceae
Heteraulacacysta sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Ataxiodinium choane
Amiculosphaera umbracula
Melitasphaeridium choanophorum
Achomosphaera andalousiensis
subspecies suttonensis
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Lingulodinium machaerophorum
Operculodinium sp. Wall 1967
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Dinophyceae
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850
Spiniferites mirabilis Sarjeant 1970
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands State/province:Noord-Brabant
Coordinates: 51.7° North, 5.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.8° North, 5.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean - Piacenzian
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Oosterhout Member:Unit B
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Zanclean to early Piacenzian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,glauconitic,brown poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: highly fossiliferous sand unit. It consists of dark greenish brown, slightly silty, fine-grained, well-sorted quartz sand with much fine-grained light green glauconite and abundant shell grit.
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: clear waters near storm wave base
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:59003
Authorizer:M. Uhen, L. Villier Enterer:M. Uhen, L. Villier
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-03-06 06:14:25 Last modified:2017-02-26 15:52:56
Access level:the public Released:2006-03-06 06:14:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29366. 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]

Secondary references:

40987decapod R. H. B. Fraaije, B. W. M. van Bakel, J. W. M. Jagt and F. H. Mollen. 2011. A new axiid (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) from the Neogene of Belgium and the Netherlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 260(2):157-163 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]
32359 I. A. Koretsky and A. M. M. Peters. 2008. Batavipusa (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae): a new genus from the eastern shore of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part II). Deinsea 12:53-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
47024 S. Stöhr, J. W. M. Jagt, and A. A. Klompmaker. 2011. Ophiura paucilepis, a new species of brittlestar (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Pliocene of the southern North Sea Basin. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130:113-121 [L. Villier/L. Villier]