Amerika Dok (Pleistocene of Belgium)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Merksemian

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

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 89536: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Odobenus obesus" = Trichechus obesus
"Odobenus obesus" = Trichechus obesus Gill 1866 walrus
subspecies antiquus
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp.
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros tichorinus, Rhinoceros sp.
Rhinoceros tichorinus one-horned rhinoceros
or schleiermaecheri?
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird