Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Deist Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Units 1 & 2
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Goolaerts, J. de Ceuster, F. H. Mollen, B. Gijsen, M. Bosselaers, O. Lambert, A. Uchman, M. Van Herck, R. Adriaens, R. Houthuys, S. Louwye, Y. Bruneel, J. Elsen and K. Hoedemakers. 2020. The upper Miocene Deurne Member of the Diest Formation revisited: unexpected results from the study of a large temporary outcrop near Antwerp International Airport, Belgium. eologica Belgica 23(3-4) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 217346: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Mammalia | |
Plesiocetus sp., Plesiocetus dubius, aff. Parietobalaena sp., Parietobalaena affinis, Aglaocetus burtini
Plesiocetus sp. Van Beneden 1859 whale
aff. Parietobalaena sp. Kellogg 1924 whale
Aglaocetus burtini whale | |
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Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale | |
Delphinida indet. Muizon 1984 toothed whale | |
Pontoporiidae indet. Gray 1870 toothed whale | |
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale | |
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
Thalassocetus sp. Abel 1905 sperm whale | |
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped | |
Nanophoca vitulinoides Van Beneden 1876 seal
Frisiphoca affine Vanden Broeck 1874 seal | |
Actinopteri | |
Lophiidae indet. Cuvier anglerfish | |
Gadidae indet. Rafinesque 1810 | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Prionace glauca blue shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark | |
Mustelus sp. hound shark | |
Isurus retroflexus, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark | |
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray | |
Edaphodon sp. Buckland 1838 chimaera | |
Lingulata | |
Discinisca fallens Wood 1874 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Sedentaria | |
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880 scallop
Korobkovia woodi scallop
Pseudamussium lilli Pusch 1837 scallop
Pseudamussium inflexum Poli 1795 scallop |