Maaseik Well (49W0220) - 208 m (Berada Fm): Tortonian, Belgium
collected by G.S. Belgium 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Turbicauda spinicostata
Hyalia laevigata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida semireticulata Sorgenfrei 1958
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Evalea basistriata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula ventricosa (Sowerby 1823)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Crenilabium terebelloides
Acteon laevigatus
Acteon arnumensis Sorgenfrei 1958
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus conditus (Brongniart 1823)
recombined as Ficus condita
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis miolaevigata Sacco 1890
recombined as Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius prysmaticus (Brocchi 1814)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Daphnobela miocaenica Gürs 2003
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella nana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Sorgenfreispira sorgenfreii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Asthenotoma pannoides
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Fusiturris cf. flexiplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Pleurotomella mioweberi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus dujardini Deshayes 1845
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Sveltia paucicostata
Calcarata calcarata (Brochhi 1814)
Babylonella fusiformis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tectonatica miopusilla
Euspira helicina (Brocchi 1814)
original and current combination Nerita helicina
SUBSPECIES: Euspira helicina protracta
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Circulus hennei Glibert 1952
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum banoni Benoist 1874
recombined as Caecum (Brochina) banoni
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania curta
SUBSPECIES: Alvania curta nieheimensis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Roxania utriculus
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa subangystoma
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander grateloupi
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant 1777)
recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula laevigata (Sowerby 1818)
Nucula jeffreysi Bellardi 1875
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolula phaseolina (Philippi 1844)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus squamula (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Heteranomia squamula
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 - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa 1778)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Spaniodontella nitida
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista chione (Linnaeus 1758)
Timoclea ovata (Pennant 1777)
Dosinia cf. lupinus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Dosinia lupina
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia hanseata (Kautsky 1925)
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia pusilla
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Scacchia degrangei (Cossmann and Peyrot 1911)
recombined as Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Digitaria beyschlageri
Goodallia angulata (Lehmann 1885)
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:208 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:77869
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-21 17:00:17 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-21 17:00:17
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]