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

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...

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Published inGeologie en mijnbouw Vol. 92; no. 2-3; pp. 171 - 176
Main Authors Wesselingh, F.P., Peters, W.J.M., Munsterman, D.K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2013
Subjects
dinoflagellate cysts
Calyptraea
North Sea Basin
Glottidia
palaeoecology
Oosterhout Formation
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0016-7746
1573-9708
DOI:10.1017/S0016774600000111