Where: Belgium (51.1° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 0.7° E)
When: Bassevelde Sand Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Late Tongrian
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, argillaceous sandstone
•1868)(seeJanssen,1982).Thearagoniticfossilshavesufferedmoreorlessfromdissolution. Furtherdecayofcalcareousfossilsmayhaveoccurredbyoxidationofindigenouspyriteinthe sediment. The Oligocene deposits are overlain by about 13 m of Quaternary deposits, of which the lower 9 m consist of (sometimes gravelly) sands built up of cross-beddings and channels.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. A. M. Gaemers. 1984. Fish otoliths from the Bassevelde Sand (Late Tongrian) of Ruisbroek, Belgium, and the Stratigraphy of the Early Oligocene of Belgium. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 21(1):13-57 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188930: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
"Conger" aff. glaber Brzobohaty 1967 conger eel | |
"Pterothrissus" umbonatus Koken 1884 bonefish | |
Acanthatrigla biangulata Gaemers 1984 sea robin | |
"Trachinus" aff. biscissus Koken 1884 | |
Gymnammodytes arnoldmuelleri Gaemers 1984 | |
"Enchelyopus" dorsoplicatus Gaemers 1984 | |
Semeniolum rupelense, "Ensigadus ensiformis" = Gadidarum ensiformis, Palaeoraniceps sp., "Gaidropsarus" stettiniensis
"Ensigadus ensiformis" = Gadidarum ensiformis Steurbaut and Herman 1978
Palaeoraniceps sp. Gaemers 1976 | |
Palaeogadus ruisbroekensis Gaemers 1984
Palaeogadus compactus Gaemers and van Hinsbergh 1978 | |
"Pagellus" sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830 perch-like fish | |
"Pontinus" ellipticus Koken 1884 perch-like fish | |
Sparidarum sp. Bonaparte 1832 | |
"Citharus belgicus" = Eucitharus belgicus
"Citharus belgicus" = Eucitharus belgicus Gaemers 1972 flatfish | |
"Lepidorhombus" compressus Gaemers 1984 flatfish | |
Ectomirhamphus hinsberghi Gaemers 1984 | |
Scombridarum sp. Rifinesque 1815 | |
Otarionichthys occultus Koken 1891 | |
? Etrumeus sp. Bleeker 1853 herring |