Hemiksem (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.1° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sables d'Anvers Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Primary reference: X. Misonne. 1958. Faune du Tertiare et du Pleistocene inferieur de Belgique (Oiseaux et mammiferes) Donnees paleontologiques. Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin 34(5):1-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67015: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Choneziphius planirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Halitherium schinzii Kaup 1838 dugong