Sable Superieur d'Anvers (Pliocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kattendijk Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Kattendijk and Lillo Formations (Zanclean Stage)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; sandstone

• warm temperate conditions on shelf influenced by open waters

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: B. Du Bus. 1867. Sur quelques mammiferes du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts 24:562-577 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57701: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon posti n. sp.3 Lambert and Louwye 2016 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Monodontidae indet.2 Gray 1821 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera borealina n. sp.7, Balaenoptera sibbaldina n. sp.7, Balaenoptera rostratella n. sp.7, "Plesiocetus garopii n. gen. n. sp." = Balaenoptera garopii5
Balaenoptera borealina n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera sibbaldina n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera rostratella n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
"Plesiocetus garopii n. gen. n. sp." = Balaenoptera garopii5 Van Beneden 1859 rorqual
 Cetacea -
Burtinopsis minutus n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 whale
Burtinopsis similis n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1872 whale
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Callophoca obscura n. gen. n. sp." = Callophoca obscura6, "Callophoca ambigua" = Callophoca obscura4, Paleophoca nystii4, "Phoca vitulinoides" = Nanophoca vitulinoides4, Phoca (Phocanella) straeleni n. sp.1, "Phocanella pumila n. gen. n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6, "Phocanella minor n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6, Gryphoca similis4, Platyphoca vulgaris n. gen. n. sp.6
"Callophoca obscura n. gen. n. sp." = Callophoca obscura6 Van Beneden 1876 seal
"Callophoca ambigua" = Callophoca obscura4 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Paleophoca nystii4 Van Beneden 1859 seal
"Phoca vitulinoides" = Nanophoca vitulinoides4 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Phoca (Phocanella) straeleni n. sp.1 Friant 1944 seal
"Phocanella pumila n. gen. n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6 Van Beneden 1876 seal
"Phocanella minor n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Gryphoca similis4 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Platyphoca vulgaris n. gen. n. sp.6 Van Beneden 1876 seal