Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Unit B Member (Oosterhout Formation), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Zanclean to early Piacenzian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. Wijnker, T. J. Bor, F. P. Wesselingh, D. K. Munsterman, H. Brinkhuis, A. W. Burger, H. B. Vonhof, K. Post, K. Hoedemakers, A. C. Janse, and N. Taverne. 2008. Neogene stratigraphy of the Langenboom locality (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 87(2):165-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59003: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.03.2006, edited by Loic Villier
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Actinopteri | |
"Gobiidarum" sp. Unknown goby | |
Dicentrarchus iabrax temperate bass | |
Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum 1792 flatfish | |
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758 | |
Aves | |
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua
"Alca antiqua" = Uria antiqua Marsh 1870 auk | |
Mammalia | |
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus | |
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Phocoenidae indet. Gray 1825 porpoise | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale | |
Cervus rhenanus deer | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark
Notorhynchus cepidianus sevengill shark | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767 skate | |
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark | |
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Cosmopolitodus escheri
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Cosmopolitodus escheri mackerel shark | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiura paucilepis n. sp.3
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Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Yoldia semistriata clam | |
Nucula sp., "Nucula cf. trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula cf. trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula Wood 1840 nut clam | |
Astarte anus, Astarte corbuloides, Astarte trigonata, Astarte fusca, Astarte sp., Astarte sensu lato sp., Astarte incerta, "Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata, "Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti, Digitaria digitaria
Astarte anus clam
Astarte corbuloides clam
Astarte trigonata clam
Astarte fusca clam
Astarte sensu lato sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astarte incerta Wood 1850 clam
"Astarte sensu lato obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata Sowerby 1817 clam
"Astarte cf. galeotti" = Astarte (Astarte) galeotti Nyst 1835 clam
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
? Lentidium complanatum, "Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
? Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Glossus humanus clam | |
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Pygocardia sp. Fischer 1887 clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula cf. albertantonorum Marquet 2005 clam | |
"Diplodonta rotunda" = Diplodonta, "Felaniella astartea" = Diplodonta
"Diplodonta rotunda" = Diplodonta clam
"Felaniella astartea" = Diplodonta clam | |
Venerupis rhomboides venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Dosinia lentiformis venus clam | |
"Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni, Tellina donacilla
"Tellina benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni Nyst and Westendorp 1839 tellin clam
Tellina donacilla Wood 1840 tellin clam | |
"Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica, Abra cf. alba
"Abra aff. prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica Montagu 1808 abra
Abra cf. alba Wood 1802 abra | |
Parvicardium cf. scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle
Laevicardium decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle | |
Cuspidaria cuspidata clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Parvilucina scaldensis, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Mytilus cf. antiquorum mussel | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Palliolum gerardi Nyst 1835 scallop | |
Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea, Scaphander lignarus
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail
Scaphander lignarus snail | |
"Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata, Turritella vanderfeeni
"Turritella cf. incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell
Turritella vanderfeeni Brakman 1937 turret shell | |
Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Aporrhais scaldensis snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
? Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824 true whelk | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Epitonium frondiculum Wood 1842 wentletrap | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Malacostraca | |
"Plioaxius lineadactylus" = Axius lineadactylus1
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Dinophyceae | |
Trinovantedinium sp. Reid 1977 | |
Melitasphaeridium choanophorum, Ataxiodinium choane, Impagidinium sp., Amiculosphaera umbracula, Lingulodinium machaerophorum, Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Operculodinium sp., Operculodinium centrocarpum
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Operculodinium sp. Wall 1967
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967 | |
Heteraulacacysta sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850
Spiniferites mirabilis Sarjeant 1970 | |