Maaseik Well (49W0220) - 204 m (Berada Fm): Tortonian, Belgium
collected by G.S. Belgium 1980
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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
- Cardiida
- Lasaeidae
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Scacchia degrangei
(Cossmann and Peyrot 1911)
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recombined as Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Acanthocardia hanseata
(Kautsky 1925)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus lunulatus
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SUBSPECIES: Glossus lunulatus lunulatus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia (Thracia) sp.
Blainville 1824
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula jeffreysi
Bellardi 1875
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recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus conditus
(Brongniart 1823)
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recombined as Ficus condita | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Belgium |
Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 5.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 51.3° North, 4.9° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | Berada | ||||
Local section: | Maaseik Well (49W0220) | Local bed: | 204 m | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Berada Fm, which is overlain by the Kieseloolith Fm (Pliocene). Equivalent to the Deurne Mbr and Dessel Mbr of the Diest Fm. THICKNESS: From <1 m thick horizon, within core. AGE: Upper Tortonian (early Late Miocene), based on dinoflagellate biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of core. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | medium,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium sand, with skeletal debris. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in available text, but apparently shallow marine, siliciclastic setting. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,core,sieve,field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 0.500 | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral 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: | 77865 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-21 16:58:22 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-21 16:58:22 |
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] |