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 77863: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma laureatum top snail | |
Epitonium frondiculum Wood 1842 wentletrap | |
Eulima glabra snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna
"Turritella eryna" = Haustator eryna d'Orbigny 1852 turret shell | |
Brocchinia parvula snail | |
Nassarius prysmaticus Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Daphnobela miocaenica Gürs 2003 snail | |
Asthenotoma pannoides snail | |
Pleurotomella mioweberi snail | |
Fusiturris cf. flexiplicata turrid | |
Hadriania coelata Dujardin 1837 murex snail
Coralliophila bracteata murex snail | |
Babylonella fusiformis snail
Sveltia paucicostata snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Semicassis bicoronata snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
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Circulus subcirculus snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla gastaldi snail
Chrysallida semireticulata Sorgenfrei 1958 snail | |
Roxania utriculus snail | |
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail | |
Retusa subangystoma snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Scapharca diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata baldii
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"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Periploma arieri clam | |
Thracia (Thracia) sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
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"Scacchia degrangei" = Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei
"Scacchia degrangei" = Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei Cossmann and Peyrot 1911 clam | |
Callista chione, "Dosinia cf. lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Dosinia cf. lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
Acanthocardia hanseata Kautsky 1925 cockle
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle | |
Angulus donacinus tellin clam | |
Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945 abra | |
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Panopea kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966 clam
Turneria cylindrica clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Goodallia angulata Lehmann 1885 clam | |
Leionucula laevigata, "Nucula trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula, "Nucula jeffreysi" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi
Leionucula laevigata Sowerby 1818 nut clam
"Nucula trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula Wood 1840 nut clam
"Nucula jeffreysi" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi Bellardi 1875 nut clam | |
"Yoldia glaberrima" = Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima
"Yoldia glaberrima" = Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell |