Winterswijk-Miste (Miocene of Netherlands)

Where: Gelderland, Netherlands (52.0° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 5.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Aalten Member (Breda Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• early Langhian

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 1991. Early Miocene luidiid asteroids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from Winterswijk-Miste (The Netherlands). Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(1):35-43 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32040: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 02.06.2003, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon longirostris4 Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
This specimen is a humerus, which is not known from Mesoplodon longirostris.
 Cetacea -
Scaldicetus grandis4, "Heterocetus affinis" = Parietobalaena affinis3
Scaldicetus grandis4 Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
"Heterocetus affinis" = Parietobalaena affinis3 Van Beneden and Gervais 1868 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera musculoides n. sp.2 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
"Plesiocetus brevifrons" = Heterocetus brevifrons4
"Plesiocetus brevifrons" = Heterocetus brevifrons4 Van Beneden 1872 whale
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Keasius rhenanus1 Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 basking shark
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Luidiidae
Luidia aff. ciliaris Philippi 1837 sea star