Urk (Pliocene of Netherlands)

Also known as Put van Domburg, Put van Oostkapelle

Where: Netherlands (51.6° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: dredged

Primary reference: N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116344: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Odobenus antverpiensis" = Ontocetus emmonsi
"Odobenus antverpiensis" = Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus