Maaseik Well (49W0220) - 275 m (Berada Fm): Serravallian, Belgium
collected by G.S. Belgium 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldiella sp. Verrill and Bush 1897
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana westendorpi (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
recombined as Saccella westendorpi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris obovata (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata baldii
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca diluvii (Lamarck 1805)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Goodallia waeli (Glibert 1945)
SUBSPECIES: Goodallia waeli waeli
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844
Laevicardium subturgidum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Angulus donacinus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa 1778)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Spaniodontella nitida
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula gibba (Oliva 1792)
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
SUBSPECIES: Corbula gibba gibba
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant 1777)
recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Scaphander grateloupi
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula buccinea (Sowerby 1823)
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus conditus (Brongniart 1823)
recombined as Ficus condita
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Teretia anceps
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852
recombined as Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis miolaevigata Sacco 1890
recombined as Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira nysti
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella eryna d'Orbigny 1852
recombined as Haustator eryna
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 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Berada Member:Antwerp
Local section:Maaseik Well (49W0220) Local bed:275 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:77861
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-21 16:53:00 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-21 16:53:00
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]