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

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocadae
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
Batavipusa neerlandica1 Koretsky and Peters 2008 seal
"Prophoca proxima" = Leptophoca proxima2 Van Beneden 1876 seal
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphis longirostris2, Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi2
Eurhinodelphis longirostris2 Du Bus 1867 toothed whale
Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi2 Du Bus 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
"Plesiocetus brialmonti n. sp." = Plesiocetus brialmontii3, Plesiocetus dubius2, Amphicetus later n. gen. n. sp.3
"Plesiocetus brialmonti n. sp." = Plesiocetus brialmontii3 Van Beneden 1880 whale
Plesiocetus dubius2 Van Beneden 1872 whale
Amphicetus later n. gen. n. sp.3 Van Beneden 1880 whale
1Koretsky and Peters 2008; 2Misonne 1958; 3Van Beneden 1880