Where: Belgium (51.1° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Berada Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• 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.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, medium-grained, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G.S. Belgium in 1980
Collection methods: bulk, core, sieve,
• 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.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 77868: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Yoldia glaberrima" = Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima
"Yoldia glaberrima" = Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam | |
"Nucula jeffreysi" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi, Leionucula laevigata
"Nucula jeffreysi" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi Bellardi 1875 nut clam
Leionucula laevigata Sowerby 1818 nut clam | |
Goodallia angulata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Panopea kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966 clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Lentidium turonensis, "Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
Lentidium turonensis clam | |
"Scacchia degrangei" = Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei
"Scacchia degrangei" = Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei Cossmann and Peyrot 1911 clam | |
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Dosinia cf. lupinus" = Dosinia lupina, Callista chione
"Dosinia cf. lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Erycinidae indet. Gray 1847 clam | |
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Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945 abra
Ervilia pusilla clam | |
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle
Acanthocardia hanseata Kautsky 1925 cockle | |
Lyonsia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Thracia (Thracia) sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Periploma arieri clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel | |
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata baldii
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Scapharca diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail
Scaphander grateloupi snail
Philine aquila Van Der Linden and Janssen 1996 snail | |
Retusa subangystoma snail
Retusa elongata snail | |
Roxania utriculus snail | |
"Caecum banoni" = Caecum (Brochina) banoni
"Caecum banoni" = Caecum (Brochina) banoni Benoist 1874 snail | |
Circulus subcirculus snail | |
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata Sacco 1890 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Calcarata calcarata Brochhi 1814 snail | |
Asthenotoma pannoides snail | |
Fusiturris cf. flexiplicata turrid | |
Mitrella nana true whelk
Nassarius tenuistriatus true whelk | |
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"Hyaloscala sp." = Epitonium (Hyaloscala)
"Hyaloscala sp." = Epitonium (Hyaloscala) De Boury 1890 wentletrap | |
Odostomia conoidea Brocchi 1814 snail |