Saint-Nicolas (Pliocene of Belgium)
Also known as Sint-Niklaas
Where: Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (50.6° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° N, 5.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1859. Rapport de M. Van Beneden. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 8:123-146 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57138: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.12.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Paleophoca nystii Van Beneden 1859 seal | |
Hoplocetus crassidens Gervais 1852 toothed whale | |
Delphinus delannoy Van Beneden 1860 common dolphin | |
"Dioplodon becanii" = Mesoplodon longirostris, Choneziphius (Ziphius) planirostris
"Dioplodon becanii" = Mesoplodon longirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
Choneziphius (Ziphius) planirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale | |
Herpetocetus scaldiensis Van Beneden 1872 whale | |
"Plesiocetus garopii" = Balaenoptera garopii
"Plesiocetus garopii" = Balaenoptera garopii Van Beneden 1859 rorqual | |
Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden 1859 whale | |
Marrellomorpha | |
Cetotherium hupschii Legg 2016 |