Where: Netherlands (51.6° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 3.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 0.8 Ma)
• According to Scager the sea floor consists of sediments of the terrestrial Waalre Formation (3.6-1.0 Ma), and/or the marine Maassluis Formation (2.0-1.8 Ma), both overlying the marine Oosterhout Formation (5.2-2.6 Ma).
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: dredged from the sea floor
Primary reference: K. Post and M. Bosselaers. 2017. Cetacean fossils from a 1961 expedition at the Schelde estuary, province of Zeeland, The Netherlands. Cainozoic Research 17(1):11-21 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189573: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Physeter sp. Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale | |
Scaldicetus caretti Du Bus 1867 toothed whale | |
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
Ziphirostrum cf. marginatum Du Bus 1868 beaked whale | |
Pithanodelphis cornutus Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
Inioidea indet. de Muizon 1988 toothed whale | |
Delphinapterus sp. Lacépède 1804 beluga
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale
Monodon sp. Linnaeus 1758 narwhal | |
Grampus sp. Gray 1828 dolphin
"Globicephala melaena" = Globicephala melas Traill 1809 long-finned pilot whale
Tursiops sp. Gervais 1855 dolphin
Orcinus sp. Fitzinger 1860 killer whale | |
Mesocetus cf. longirostris Van Beneden 1880 whale | |
Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Protororqualus cuvieri Fischer 1829 rorqual
Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758 blue whale | |
Balaena primigenius Van Beneden 1872 right whale
Balaenotus isignis right whale
Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale | |
Cetotherium sp. Brandt 1843 whale | |
Plesiocetus sp. Van Beneden 1859 whale | |
Alces sp. Gray 1821 moose
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799 Irish elk
Eucladoceros ctenoides Nesti 1841 deer | |
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 domestic goat
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep
cf. Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Equus robustus horse
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros | |
Odobenus sp. Brisson 1762 walrus
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus | |
"Phocanella minor" = Phocanella pumila
"Phocanella minor" = Phocanella pumila Van Beneden 1876 seal | |
Crocuta crocuta spelaea Goldfuss 1823 spotted hyaena | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser sturio sturgeon | |
Actinopteri | |