Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 0.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oedelem Sands Member (Bruxellian Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Oedelem Sands, the lower part of the Bruxellian (B1 or Formation of den Hoorn). Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. THICKNESS: Unknown. AGE: Middle Eocene, with affinities to Ypresian faunas. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for entire member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated in english text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in english text (I.S.T)??.
Primary reference: M. Glibert. 1985. Les Bivalves et Gastéropodes du Bruxellien inférieur de la Belgique (Eocène moyen). Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique 115:261-366 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77608: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Margarites spiratus snail | |
Mnestia semistriata snail
Mnestia flandrica snail | |
Rhizorus lanceolatus snail | |
Cylichna bruguierei, "Acrostemma coronatum" = Cylichna (Acrostemma)
Cylichna bruguierei snail
"Acrostemma coronatum" = Cylichna (Acrostemma) snail | |
Syrnola nitida snail
Syrnola spina Deshayes 1824 snail
Pyramidella calvimontana snail
Odostomia hordeola snail
Odostomia lubrica snail | |
Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Globularia aff. patula snail | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Seila quadrisulcata snail
Cerithiopsis aff. maresi snail | |
Cerithiella aff. clava snail | |
Sinum clathratum, Sigatica hatoniensis, Sigatica obovata, Euspira labellata, Crommium aff. willemeti
Sinum clathratum Gmelin 1790 moon snail
Sigatica hatoniensis moon snail
Sigatica obovata moon snail
Euspira labellata moon snail
Crommium aff. willemeti moon snail | |
Turricula aff. polycesta snail | |
Sycostoma bulbiforme Lamarck 1803 snail | |
Pseudoliva obtusa true whelk | |
Clavilithes maximus snail | |
Ancilla canalifera Lamarck 1802 olive snail | |
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail | |
Cryptochorda stromboides, "Athleta elevata" = Volutocorbis elevata
Cryptochorda stromboides Hermannsen 1781 volute
"Athleta elevata" = Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby 1840 volute | |
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
"Ectinochilus aff. canalis" = Rimella canalis Coquebert and Brongniart 1793 true conch
Tibia sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
"Tibia (Hippochrenes) sp." = Hippochrenes
"Tibia (Hippochrenes) sp." = Hippochrenes Monfort 1810 snail | |
Teinostoma rotellaeforme snail | |
Sandbergeria regularis snail | |
Turritella solandrei, "Turritella uniangularis" = Haustator uniangularis, "Turritella contracta" = Haustator contractus, "Turritella mitis" = Haustator mitis, Omalaxis brusseliensis, Sigmesalia chaussyensis
Turritella solandrei Mayer-Eymar 1877 turret shell
"Turritella uniangularis" = Haustator uniangularis Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Turritella contracta" = Haustator contractus Sowerby 1850 turret shell
"Turritella mitis" = Haustator mitis Deshayes 1861 turret shell
Omalaxis brusseliensis turret shell
Sigmesalia chaussyensis turret shell | |
Keilostoma minor snail | |
Bittium aff. semigranosum cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) mixta Deshayes 1858 nut clam | |
Nuculana (Saccella) nolfi Glibert 1985 pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Saccella) striata Lamarck 1805 pointed nut clam SUBSPECIES: Nuculana (Saccella) striata halestrensis
Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana Nyst 1843 pointed nut clam | |
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Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata, Trinacria cf. bruxellensis, Trinacria cancellata, Scapularca scapulina
Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam
Trinacria cancellata Deshayes 1858 clam
Scapularca scapulina Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Limopsis granulata clam | |
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) plebeius" = Mimachlamys plebeia
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) plebeius" = Mimachlamys plebeia Lamarck 1806 scallop | |
"Ostrea (Turkostrea) multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea (Turkostrea) multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Pinna cf. margaritacea Lamarck 1805 oyster | |
"Gibbolucina gibbosula" = Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) gibbosula, "Lucina squamula" = Callucina (Callucina) squamula, Divalinga chavani, Parvilucina latebrosa, "Monitilora elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans
"Gibbolucina gibbosula" = Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) gibbosula Lamarck 1806 clam
"Lucina squamula" = Callucina (Callucina) squamula Deshayes 1825 clam
Divalinga chavani Glibert 1985 clam
Parvilucina latebrosa Deshayes 1857 clam
"Monitilora elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans Defrance 1823 clam | |
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica, Caryocorbula striata, Caestocorbula regulbiensis, Caestocorbula gandavensis, Corbula flandrica, "Varicorbula brabantina" = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam
Caryocorbula striata Lamarck 1801 clam
Corbula flandrica clam
"Varicorbula brabantina" = Corbula (Varicorbula) clam | |
"Lutetia umbonata" = Kellyella (Lutetia)
"Lutetia umbonata" = Kellyella (Lutetia) clam | |
"Callista proxima" = Callista (Microcallista) proxima, "Pitar sulcatoria" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius, "Callocardia nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula
"Callista proxima" = Callista (Microcallista) proxima Deshayes 1857 venus clam
"Pitar sulcatoria" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius Deshayes 1825 venus clam
"Callocardia nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula Lamarck 1806 venus clam | |
"Erycina longidentata" = Erycina (Erycina) longidentata
"Erycina longidentata" = Erycina (Erycina) longidentata Deshayes 1858 clam | |
Loxocardium bouei, "Orthocardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
Loxocardium bouei Deshayes 1858 cockle
"Orthocardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Solander 1766 cockle | |
Tellina strougoi tellin clam | |
Abra suessoniensis Deshayes 1857 abra | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Pleuromeris decussata, "Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata, "Megacardita planicosta" = Venericor planicosta, "Venericardia carinata" = Claibornicardia carinata
Pleuromeris decussata Lamarck 1806 clam
"Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam
"Megacardita planicosta" = Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801 clam
"Venericardia carinata" = Claibornicardia carinata Sowerby 1819 clam | |
Sita crenulata clam |