Maaseik Well (49W0220) - 208 m (Berada Fm) (Miocene of Belgium)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in available text, but apparently shallow marine, siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium sand, with skeletal debris. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.

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 77869: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 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).
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius prysmaticus Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Daphnobela miocaenica Gürs 2003 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus dujardini Deshayes 1845 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata Sacco 1890 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail
SUBSPECIES: Euspira helicina protracta
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania curta snail
SUBSPECIES: Alvania curta nieheimensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
"Caecum banoni" = Caecum (Brochina) banoni
"Caecum banoni" = Caecum (Brochina) banoni Benoist 1874 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus hennei Glibert 1952 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula ventricosa Sowerby 1823 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Chrysallida semireticulata Sorgenfrei 1958 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
"Glycymeris obovata" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris obovata baldii
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
"Scacchia degrangei" = Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei
"Scacchia degrangei" = Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei Cossmann and Peyrot 1911 clam
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista chione, Timoclea ovata, "Dosinia cf. lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
"Dosinia cf. lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia hanseata Kautsky 1925 cockle
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea kazakovae Glibert and Van de Poel 1966 clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula laevigata Sowerby 1818 nut clam
"Nucula jeffreysi" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) jeffreysi Bellardi 1875 nut clam