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
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Yoldiella sp.
Verrill and Bush 1897
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana westendorpi
(Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
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recombined as Saccella westendorpi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten opercularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris obovata
(Lamarck 1819)
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recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata baldii | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca diluvii
(Lamarck 1805)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Goodallia waeli
(Glibert 1945)
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SUBSPECIES: Goodallia waeli waeli | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Parvicardium scabrum
Philippi 1844
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Laevicardium subturgidum
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Angulus donacinus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula subtruncata
(da Costa 1778)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Spaniodontella nitida
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Corbula gibba gibba | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinoma borealis
(Linnaeus 1767)
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recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna cylindracea
(Pennant 1777)
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recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea | ||||||||||
Scaphander grateloupi
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula buccinea
(Sowerby 1823)
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus conditus
(Brongniart 1823)
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recombined as Ficus condita | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Teretia anceps
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra grateloupi
d'Orbigny 1852
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recombined as Mitra (Tiara) grateloupi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis miolaevigata
Sacco 1890
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recombined as Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira nysti
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella eryna
d'Orbigny 1852
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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] |