Borgerhout, Deurne Sands (Miocene of Belgium)
Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Deurne Sands Member (Diest Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Lambert and G. Bianucci. 2019. How to break a sperm whale's teeth: dental damage in a large Miocene physeteroid from the North Sea basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204940: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Plesiocetus hupschii" = Plesiocetopsis hupschii
"Plesiocetus hupschii" = Plesiocetopsis hupschii Van Beneden 1859 whale | |
"Plesiocetus brialmonti" = Plesiocetus brialmontii, Plesiocetus dubius, Scaldicetus caretti n. gen. n. sp.
"Plesiocetus brialmonti" = Plesiocetus brialmontii Van Beneden 1880 whale
Plesiocetus dubius Van Beneden 1872 whale
Scaldicetus caretti n. gen. n. sp. Du Bus 1867 toothed whale |