Post X, Kiel Sand Member (Miocene of Belgium)
Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Kiel Sand Member (Berchem Formation), Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Everaert, P. De Schutter, G. Mariƫn, G. Cleemput, J. Van Boeckel, D. Rondelez, and T. Bor. 2019. Een vroeg-miocene fauna uit het Zand van Kiel (Formatie van Berchem) bij Post X in Berchem (Antwerpen). Afzettingen Wtkg 40(4):83-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 208831: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Taxodioxylon sp. Hartig 1848 cypress | |
Angiospermae | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Actinopteri | |
Hoplobrotula sp. Gill 1864 | |
Acanthocybium solandri Cuvier 1831 | |
Umbrina sp. Cuvier 1817 | |
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Merluccius sp. Rafinesque 1810 | |
Coelorinchus sp. Giorna 1809 grenadiers | |
Gnathophis sp. Kaup 1860 conger eel | |
Aves | |
Reptilia | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale | |
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Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Dasyatis" sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
"Raja" holsatica skate
"Raja" sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate | |
Squalus alsaticus dogfish shark
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
"Pachyscyllium distans" = Premontreia distans, Pachyscyllium dachiardii
"Pachyscyllium distans" = Premontreia distans Probst 1879 cat shark
Pachyscyllium dachiardii Lawley 1876 cat shark | |
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark | |
Sphyrna integra hammerhead shark
Sphyrna laevissima Cope 1867 hammerhead shark | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
Physogaleus hemmooriensis Reinecke and Hoedemakers 2006 requiem shark | |
Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Carcharias gustrowensis Winkler 1875 sand shark | |
Keasius rhenanus Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 basking shark | |
Araloselachus vorax sand tiger shark | |
Alopias aff. latidens Leriche 1909 thresher shark
Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark | |
Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Gastropoda | |
Pterynotus sp. Swainson 1833 mustached bat | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, "Cordiopsis polytropa" = Pitar (Cordiopsis)
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Glossus sp. Poli 1795 clam | |
Glycymeris baldii clam | |
Lingulata | |
Discinisca fallens Wood 1874 |