Wilrijk (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° 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: 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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67024: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
"Scaldicetus caretti" = Scaldicetus caretti, "Homaeocetus villersii n. gen. n. sp." = Scaldicetus caretti
"Scaldicetus caretti" = Scaldicetus caretti Du Bus 1867 toothed whale
"Homaeocetus villersii n. gen. n. sp." = Scaldicetus caretti Du Bus 1867 toothed whale