The Cenozoic Era (66 - 0 millions years).

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P. Cooreman
Pictures, maps & collections : Rolland Deconinck
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The series of sediments of the Cenozoic are probably the most complete of all the sediments that outcrop in Belgium. The sediments are in this case gritty, sandy, clayey and marly.
The marine Paleocene is represented by the tuffy Danian / Montian and the sandy Landenian as well in the region of Mons ( Ciply, Erquelinnes), Brabant (Orp-le-Grand) as around of Visé (Vroenhoven) where it heads the terminal layers of the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). The Landenian level outcrops in the region of Mons ( Ciply, Hautrage) and episodically in Brabant (Landen, Lincent). Breakable shells and a rich fauna of fishes, sharks and rays are found especially there.
The lower Eocene appears around Egem, Kortemark and Mouscron where it shows sands and especially the " Kortemark's clays " of the Ypresian. Mollusks, crabs and teeth of sharks are found there with very frequent nummulites.
The upper Eocene appears practically everywhere in the province of Brabant (" Sands of Brussels " of the Bruxellian, which can be put in parallel with the Bartonien from France) and contains a rich fauna of shells in the sands and the hardened beds, and magnificent sharks teeth.
The bruxellian sands are surmounted in Brabant by " Lede's sands " of the Ledian, which begin with a " basic gravel " with very numerous teeth of fishes, sharks and rays. These ledian sands are met also in the region of Ghent (Balegem).
Reshaped teeth of the Eocene are not rare on the beach of Knokke, in the Zwin and at Cadzand-Bad (NL) and in the sands and the gravels of the Miocene and of the Pliocene.
The Oligocene is well represented at Boom, Saint Nicolas, Rumst and Terhagen under the form of the " Clay of Boom ", and in Limbourg (Tongres, Ramsel). Breakable mollusks can be found especially there but some levels contain a rich ichthyologic fauna.
The Miocene still appears in the region of Antwerp and of Heist-op-den-Berg, and present shell sands with a fauna very beautiful and very varied (" Zonderschot's sands ") as well as sands with teeth of sharks and bones of cetaceans, and other maritime mammals (" Edegem's sands ", " Sands of Antwerp ", " Deurne's sands ").
The Pliocene(6-1.8 MY) levels in the Port of Antwerp, at Saint Nicolas and Steendorp outcrop under the form of very rich basic gravels with sharks teeth and bones of cetaceans (" Kattendijk's sands " and their basic gravels) and of very fossiliferous shell sands in the basin of the port of Antwerp and at Steendorp (" Luchtbal's sands ", " Oorderen's sands ").

Data Base : Fossils of Belgium - Cenozoic

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Name	Remark/picture	Epoch	Location
Tige de végétal	coll. MJX	Bruxellien (Lutétien inférieur)	Bois de la Houssière Braine-le-Comte Hainaut BE
Glyptostrobus sp.	coll. MJX - distance entre les lignes : 5 cm	Landénien supérieur	Hoegaarden Brabant BE
Odontaspis winkleri	dent de requin (photo & coll RDK)	Lédien	Balegem Flandre Orientale BE
Striatolamia macrota	dent de requin (photo & coll RDK)	Lédien	Balegem Flandre Orientale BE
Venericardia planicosta lerichei (bivalve) et Turritella solanderi (gastéropode)	photo & coll RDK	Lutétien	Aalter Flandre Orientale BE
Turritella solanderi (gastéropode) - Venericardia planicosta lerichei (bivalve)	photo & coll RDK	Lutétien	Aalter Flandre Orientale BE
Venericardia planicosta lerichei (bivalve)	photo & coll RDK	Lutétien	Aalter Flandre Orientale BE
Labrodon sp. cf. pavimentatum	Longueur : 2,5 cm (photo & coll PCN)	Miocène-Pliocène	Gravier de base des Sables de Kattendijk Doel Anvers BE
Carcharocles megalodon	dim max : 7 cm (photo & coll PCN)	Miocène-Pliocène	Gravier de base des Sables de Kattendijk Doel Anvers BE
Isurus hastalis	Largeur de la mâchoire : 95 cm , Plus grandes dents : 7 cm - (photo & coll PCN)	Miocène-Pliocène	Gravier de base des Sables de Kattendijk Sint-Niklaas Flandre Orientale BE
Notorhynchus primigenius	dent symphysaire - longueur : 1.2 cm (photo & coll PCN)	Miocène-Pliocène	Gravier de base des Sables de Kattendijk Doel Anvers BE
Isurus sp.	diamètre : 3cm (photo & coll PCN)	Miocène-Pliocène inférieur	Gravier de base des Sables de Kattendijk Doel Anvers BE
Notorhynchus primigenius	longueur : 2.5cm (photo & coll PCN)	Miocène-Pliocène inférieur	Gravier de base des Sables de Kattendijk Doel Anvers BE
Neptunea contraria	Gastéropode à enroulement senestre (inverse) (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène	Kallo Anvers BE
Glycymeris glycymeris	Bivalve (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène	Kallo Anvers BE
Carcharocles megalodon	ech 1/1 (photo & coll CRI)	Pliocène	Kallo Anvers BE
Carcharocles megalodon	ech 1/1 (photo & coll CRI)	Pliocène	Kallo Anvers BE
Isurus hastalis	dent de requin (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène inférieur	Sint-Niklaas Flandre Orientale BE
Isurus hastalis	dent de requin (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène inférieur	Sint-Niklaas Flandre Orientale BE
Carcharocles megalodon	la grande dent de requin (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène inférieur	Sint-Niklaas Flandre Orientale BE
Isurus hastalis	les petites dents de requin (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène inférieur	Sint-Niklaas Flandre Orientale BE
Hexanchus gigas	largeur de la dent : 2cm (photo & coll PCN)	Pliocène inférieur	Doel Anvers BE
Carcharodon carcharias	(à gauche) longueur de la plus grande dent : 5.6cm (photo & coll PCN)	Pliocène inférieur	Sables de Kattendijk Doel Anvers BE
Isurus hastalis	taille : 68mm (photo & coll PCN)	Pliocène inférieur	Sables de Kattendijk, couche coquillère Doel Anvers BE
Cerastoderma edule	(à gauche) Bivalve (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène supérieur	Kallo Anvers BE
Ostrea sp.	(au milieu) Bivalve (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène supérieur	Kallo Anvers BE
Calliostoma zizyphinum	(à droite) Gastéropode (photo & coll RDK)	Pliocène supérieur	Kallo Anvers BE
Carcharodon carcharias	(à droite) longueur de la plus grande dent : 5.6cm (photo & coll PCN)	Pliocène supérieur	Sables d’Oorderen Stabroek Anvers BE

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