Heist-op-den-Berg (Miocene to of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.1° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Zonderschot Sands Member (Berchem Formation), Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Reinecke and A. Radwanski. 2015. Fossil sharks basking sharks of the genus Keasius (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the boreal North Sea Basin and Upper Rhine Graben: Evolution of dental characteristics from the Oligocene to Middle Miocene and description of two new species. Palaentos 28(3):39-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221689: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Keasius rhenanus Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 basking shark