Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.6° N, 5.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Deurne Sand Member (Diest Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; coarse-grained, glauconitic, gray, green sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,

Primary reference: M. Bosselaers, J. Herman, K. Hoedemakers, O. Lambert, R. Marquet and K. Wouters. 2004. Geology and Palaeontology of a temporary exposure of the Late Miocene Deurne Sand Member in Antwerpen (N. Belgium). Geologica Belgica 7(1-2):27-39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48092: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.03.2005

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