Borsbeek, Fort 3 (Miocene of Belgium)
Also known as Borsbeck
Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Diest Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Diestian Sands
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithology not reported
• inner neritic, normal salinity lagoon, low-energy
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41:783-803 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52049: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Prophoca rousseaui n. gen. n. sp., "Phoca vitulinoides n. sp." = Nanophoca vitulinoides, Batavipusa neerlandica1, "Prophoca proxima" = Leptophoca proxima2
Prophoca rousseaui n. gen. n. sp. Van Beneden 1876 seal
"Phoca vitulinoides n. sp." = Nanophoca vitulinoides Van Beneden 1876 seal | |
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"Plesiocetus brialmonti n. sp." = Plesiocetus brialmontii3, Plesiocetus dubius2, Amphicetus later n. gen. n. sp.3
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