Poudingue de Ciply (Paleocene of Belgium)

Also known as KT loc 147

Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Poudingue de Ciply Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Underlying Tuffeau de Ciply, which is considered middle to upper Danian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified wackestone

• chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Revision of the material of Vincent (1930)

Primary reference: M. Glibert and L. van de Poel. 1973. Les Bivalvia du Danien et du Montien de la Belgique. Mémoires / Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 175:1-89 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26879: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Bivalves only
unclassified
  -
Ciplyella pulchra
14 in total (estimated 4 from Tuffeau)
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya hannonica Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes lineatus mussel
1 complete valve and 10 imprints
Lithophaga ciplyana mussel
2 imprints, 4 internal moulds
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte cf. vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata Sowerby 1813 oyster
50 in total (with Tuffeau)
 Pectinida - Limidae
"? Limatulella sp." = Limaria, Ctenoides holzapfeli
"? Limatulella sp." = Limaria Link 1807 file clam
Limatula (Limatulella) sp.?
Ctenoides holzapfeli file clam
Lima (Ctenoides) holzapfeli
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
? Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
? Dimya sp. Rouault 1850 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
? Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
? Cucullaria sp. Conrad 1869 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Rostarca ciplyensis clam
Barbatia (Rostarca) ciplyensis
Acar scaberrima miniature ark
Acar cf. lamellosa Deshayes 1858 miniature ark
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
? Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
? Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pandorida - Clavagellidae
? Clavagella sp. Blainville 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"? Gobraeus dejaeri" = Gari (Gobraeus)
"? Gobraeus dejaeri" = Gari (Gobraeus) clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
? Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chionella rutoti" = Pitar (Chionella) venus clam
Pitar (Chionella) duponti rutoti
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Recticardo dolloi" = Miltha (Recticardo) clam
Miltha (Recticardo) dolloi
"Recticardo hannonica" = Miltha (Recticardo) clam
Miltha (Recticardo) hannonica
? Gonimyrtea pronata clam
Here (Gonimyrtea?) pronata
Monitilora duponti clam
Here (Monitilora) duponti
Epilucina dejaeri clam
Codakia (Epilucina) dejaeri
? Plastomiltha passelecqui clam
Megaxinus (Plastomiltha?) passelecqui