Pliocene-Miocene 2.588-23.03 Ma, Antwerp

(Incomplete list of the fossils found with some representative finds)

Invertebrates

Arthropoda

Decapoda Latreille, 1802

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758

Cancer vancalsteri?

Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)

Paguroidea Latreille, 1802

Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956

Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834

Sessilia Lamarck, 1818

Lophotrochozoa

Annelida Lamarck, 1809

Tasselia ordamensis (Pleistocene?) Late Pliocene

Serpulidae Johnston, 1865

Ditrupa sp.

Mollusca

( A few examples due to problems with macrophotography and the sheer amount of species, can say that Philinidae, Vaginellas, species of micro molluscs are hardest to find, but please refer to R. Marquet or F. Wesselingh fi for scientific research on molluscs, total numbering species would be around 600+)

Bivalvia

Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758

Gastropods

Scaphopoda

Dentaliida

Lophophorata

Brachiopoda Lamarck, 1809

Glottidia dumortieri (Nyst, 1843)

Lingula sp.

Terebratula sp.

Bryozoa

Cupuladria canariensis (Busk, 1859)

Echinodermata

Echinocyamus cf. pusillus (Müller, 1776)

Spatangidae indet.

Cidaris belgica Cotteau

Cnidaria

Hydrozoa

Hydractinia sp

Coral

Sphenotrochus intermedius Munster, 1910

Stephanophyllia imperialis Michelin, 1841

Ceratocyathus sp.

Flabellum tuberculatum Keferstein, 1857

Cylindrophyllia duncani (Reuss, 1871)

Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck, 1816)

Caryophyllia granulata Krejci, 1926

Eupsammia praelonga (Michelotti, 1838)

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Parazoa

Unknown Spicules?

Aphrocallistes

Marine plankton

Foraminifera d'Orbigny, 1826

Vertebrates

Pisces

Elasmobranchii

With over 500 living species and thousands of extinct species, the shedding of teeth, some fossil locations can provide a quick but basic insight on the local shark species fauna

Shark species

Batoidea

Myliobatiformes

Aetobatus sp.

Dasyatis sp.

Rajiformes

Raja cecilae Steurbaut & Herman, 1987

Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758

Pristiformes

Pristis Bonaparte, 1838

Holocephali Bonaparte, 1832

Chimaeriformes Obruchev, 1953