Boom (Miocene) (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.1° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 2.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Edegem Sands Member (Berchem Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Sickenberg. 1934. Beitrage zur Kenntnis Tertiarer Sirenen. Memoires de Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 63:1-352 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65588: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Trichechidae
Miosiren kocki n. gen. n. sp.
Miosiren kocki n. gen. n. sp. Dollo 1889 manatee