Maaseik Well (49W0220) - 276 m (Berada Fm): Serravallian, Belgium
collected by G.S. Belgium 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella eryna d'Orbigny 1852
recombined as Haustator eryna
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius tenuistriatus
Nassarius holsaticus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma jugleri
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Teretia anceps
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Spirotropis gramensis Janssen 1993
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma mioweberi
synonym of Turris
Fusiturris sp. Thiele 1929
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus simplex
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella acuminata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander grateloupi
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant 1777)
recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Roxania utriculus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula buccinea (Sowerby 1823)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia conoidea (Brocchi 1814)
Turbonilla undulata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana westendorpi (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
recombined as Saccella westendorpi
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldiella sp. Verrill and Bush 1897
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula jeffreysi Bellardi 1875
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium subturgidum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Angulus donacinus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa 1778)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clausinella scalaris
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Goodallia waeli (Glibert 1945)
SUBSPECIES: Goodallia waeli waeli
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis anomala
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi 1834)
Scapharca diluvii (Lamarck 1805)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea strigillata (Brocchi 1814)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pseudamussium lilli (Pusch 1837)
Pecten lilli
Mimachlamys angelonii (de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolula phaseolina (Philippi 1844)
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 4.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Berada Member:Antwerp
Local section:Maaseik Well (49W0220) Local bed:276 m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Upper Antwerp Sand" of the Berada Fm, which is overlain by the Kieseloolith Fm (Pliocene). Equivalent to the Antwerpen Mbr and Zonderschot Mbr of the Berchem Fm. THICKNESS: From <1 m thick horizon, within core. AGE: Middle Serravallian (latest Middle Miocene), based on dinoflagellate biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of core.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very fine unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Very fine sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in available text, but apparently shallow marine, siliciclastic setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,core,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.500
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:G.S. Belgium Collection dates:1980
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Geological Survey of Belgium (1980). REPOSITORY: IRScNB/KBIN collection, Dept. of Paleontology, section Invertebrate Paleontology, Geological Survey of Belgium. COMMENTS: Sieved on a 0.5 mm mesh and all identifiable fragments of mollusca were collected.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with consistent identification to species resolution. Identified with Gürs (2001, 2002), Gürs and Weibrecht (2001), Janssen (19884), Heering (1950), Hinsch (2000), Menzel et al. (1994), Moths (1989), Van Voorthuysen (1944) and Wienrich (2002).
Metadata
Database number:77860
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-21 16:52:39 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-21 16:52:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26281. N. Vandenberghe, P. Laga, S. Louwye Vanhoorne, R. Marquet, and F. De Meuter, K., and H. W. Hagemann. 2005. Stratigraphic interpretation of the Neogene marine-continental record in the Maaseik well (49W0220) in the Roer Valley Graben, NE Belgium. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Belgium 52:1-39 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]