Wommelgem (Pliocene of Belgium)

Also known as Fort 2

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Primary reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67029: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Gryphoca similis n. gen. n. sp.1, Paleophoca nystii1, "Mesotaria ambigua n. gen. n. sp." = Callophoca obscura1
Gryphoca similis n. gen. n. sp.1 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Paleophoca nystii1 Van Beneden 1859 seal
"Mesotaria ambigua n. gen. n. sp." = Callophoca obscura1 Van Beneden 1876 seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi1
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi1 Leidy 1859 walrus
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera musculoides1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera borealina1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Megaptera affinis1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera sibbaldina1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenula balaenopsis1 Van Beneden 1872 right whale
Balaena primigenius Van Beneden 1872 right whale
 Cetacea -
Burtinopsis minutus1 Van Beneden 1880 whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphius sp.2 Cuvier 1824 beaked whale