Tertiary | Quaternary 
An'nals N.Y. Acad. Sci. 
Volume XIX, Plate VI. 
CHRONOLOGIC TABLE OF THE CENOZOIC FORMATIONS OF BELGIUM. 
Periods and Epochs 
(world-wide) 
Stages or Formations 
Belgian series 
Origin and Character 
of the terranes 
Characteristic Fossils 
obtained in the terranes. 
Marine ( sand and clay) ; fluvia¬ 
tile ( alluvium ); terrestrial (peat) 
Oxen, Deer, Boars etc., and 
mollusks 
f Upper 
Marine (sand) and fluviatile 
(mud) 
Mammoth, Rhinoceros, Rein-: 
deer, then Reindeer alone 
Middle 
Fluviatile (sand and mud) 
Mammoth, Rhinoceros, Rein¬ 
deer etc., insects, mollusks and 
plants 
[ Lower 
Fluviatile (gravel, sand, loam) 
Elephas antiquus, Hippopota¬ 
mus etc., plants 
Amstelian 
Marine (sand) 
Upper 
Fluvio-marine (sand, clay, lig- 
Marine and terrestrial mam- 
Poederllan < 
nite) 
mals, plants 
l 
Lower 
Marine (sand) 
Marine mollusks 
Scaldisian 
Marine (sand) 
Whalebone whales, fishes, mol¬ 
lusks, etc. 
Dlestian 
Marine (sand) 
Whalebone whales, seals, fishes, 
mollusks 
Bolderian 
Marine (sand) 
Sirenians, dolphins, turtles, 
fishes, mollusks 
(not represented) 
Terrestrial 
Aqultanian 
Marine (sand) and lacustrine 
(clay) 
Mollusks, plants 
Rupelian -J 
Upper 
Marine (clay) 
Sirenians, turtles, fishes, mol¬ 
lusks 
l 
Lower 
Marine (sand and clay) 
Fishes and mollusks 
Tongrian j 
Upper 
Fluvio-marine (sand, clay, marl) 
Brackish water mollusks 
Lower 
Marine (sand) 
Fishes and marine mollusks 
Asschian 
Marine (sand, clay) 
Fishes and mollusks 
Wemmelian 
Marine (sand) 
Turtles, fishes, mollusks, Num- 
mulites 
Ledian 
Marine (calcareous sand) 
Fishes, mollusks, Nummulites 
Laekenian 
Marine (calcareous sand) 
Mammals, fishes, mollusks, 
Nummulites 
Bruxellian 
Marine (sand and calcareous 
sand) 
Birds, turtles, fishes, mollusks, 
plants 
Panlselian 
Upper 
Marine (sand) 
Fishes, mollusks etc. 
Lower 
Marine (sand, clay) 
Turtles, fishes, mollusks etc., 
plants 
Ypreslan 
Marine (sand, clay) 
Turtles, fishes, mollusks, Num¬ 
mulites 
f Upper 
Fluvio-marine (sand, clay, lig- 
Mammals, turtles, crocodiles. 
Landenian 
nite) 
fishes, plants, fossil resin 
k Lower 
Marine (sand, clay) 
Birds, turtles, crocodiles, fishes, 
mollusks 
Heersian 
Marine (sand, clay) 
Fishes, mollusks, plants 
Montlan 
f Upper 
Fluvio-marine, lacustrine (plas- 
Mammals, turtles, fresh-water 
tic clay, lignite) 
mollusks, plants, fossil resin 
l Lower 
Marine (granular chalk, tuff) 
Fishes, invertebrates 
Chief Features of 
Belgian Geography. 
Miocene 
Ollgocene 
Eocene 
Upper 
Middle 
Lower 
f Upper 
Middle 
Lower 
Paleocene 
Repeated marine invasions in 
the North of Belgium. 
The North of Belgium under the 
sea. 
Great marine invasion in the 
East of Belgium. 
Marine invasion in the North 
of Belgium. 
Marine invasion in the North 
of Belgium. 
Marine invasions in the North¬ 
west of Belgium. 
Marine invasions in the West 
of Belgium. 
A deep gulf in the central part of 
Belgium. 
The North-west of Belgium 
under the sea. 
The West of Belgium under the 
sea. 
Lower and Middle Belgium in¬ 
vaded by the sea. 
Enormous fluviatile develop¬ 
ment in Belgium. 
Great marine invasion. 
North-eastern Belgium under 
the sea. 
Belgium continental. 
Slight invasion of the sea in 
Hainault. 
A. Rutot. 
