Westerschelde (Miocene to of Netherlands)

Also known as Breskens, Sluissche Hompels

Where: Netherlands (51.4° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: M. Weber. 1917. Über Choneziphius planirostris (G. Cuv.) aus der Westerschelde. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museum in Leiden 2(8):309-313 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53929: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Choneziphius planirostris
Choneziphius planirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
 Cetacea -
cf. Zygophyseter sp.3, Parietobalaena campiniana1
cf. Zygophyseter sp.3 Bianucci and Landini 2006 toothed whale
Parietobalaena campiniana1 Bisconti et al. 2013 whale
found at N 51°26'05"; E 03°25'02"
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Phocanella minor" = Phocanella pumila2
"Phocanella minor" = Phocanella pumila2 Van Beneden 1876 seal
possibly reworked
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Alachtherium sp." = Ontocetus5, "Trichechus huxleyi" = Ontocetus emmonsi4
"Alachtherium sp." = Ontocetus5 Leidy 1859 walrus
"Trichechus huxleyi" = Ontocetus emmonsi4 Leidy 1859 walrus
1Bisconti et al. 2013; 2Hooijer 1975; 3Reumer et al. 2017; 4Rutten 1907; 5Van Deinse 1964