Antwerp area (Pliocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit; probably Lillo or Kattendijk Fm. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed on the basis of age and other records from this area.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: C. C. Emig and M. A. Bitner. 2005. The brachiopod Lingula in the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(1):181-184 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90489: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa discussed in text. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-level identifications.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae