Oosterschelde, Pliocene (Pliocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (51.6° N, 3.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: dredged off the sea floor

Primary reference: D. J. Scager, H.-J. Ahrens, F. E. Dieleman, L. W. Hoek Ostende, J. Vos and J. W. F. Reumer. 2017. The Kor & Bot collection revisited, with a biostratigraphic interpretation of the Early Pleistocene Oosterschelde Fauna (Oosterschelde Estuary, the Netherlands). Deinsea 17:16-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 192726: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mysticeti indet.
baleen whales
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
beaked whales
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Monodontidae indet. Gray 1821 toothed whale
Delphinapterus or Monodon
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
dolphins
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
rorquals