A brachiopod-dominated sea-floor assemblage from the Late Pliocene of the eastern Netherlands

  • F.P. Wesselingh Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
  • W.J.M. Peters Hoeveweg 18, 6613 AE Balgoy, the Netherlands
  • D.K. Munsterman TNO Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (EELS), P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000111
Keywords: Calyptraea, Glottidia, dinoflagellate cysts, North Sea Basin, Oosterhout Formation, palaeoecology

Abstract

A sea-floor assemblage from hardened sandstone boulders in which lingulid brachiopods predominate is recorded from the Oosterhout Formation near Balgoy (province of Gelderland, the Netherlands). Dinoflagellate cysts indicate a late Early-Late Pliocene (late Zanclean-Piacenzian) age of these boulders; the entire assemblage is indicative of clear marine waters near storm wave base along the southeastern margin of the North Sea Basin at the time. A possible commensal relationship between the lingulid brachiopods and the gastropod Calyptraea chinensis is implied.

Published
2014-03-25
How to Cite
Wesselingh F., Peters W., & Munsterman D. (2014). A brachiopod-dominated sea-floor assemblage from the Late Pliocene of the eastern Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 171-176. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000111
Issue
Volume 92 - 2013
Section
Original Articles

Authors contributing to Netherlands Journal of Geosciences retain copyright of their work, with first publication rights granted to the Netherlands
Journal of Geosciences Foundation. Read the journal's full Copyright- and Licensing Policy.