Sablesmoyens d'Anvers (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Diest Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; sandstone

• inner neritic, normal salinity lagoon, low-energy

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: B. Du Bus. 1867. Sur quelques mammiferes du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts 24:562-577 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57733: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.1 Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.1 Flower 1867 toothed whale
Mysticeti indet.1 Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera affinis n. sp.3 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Megapteropsis robusta Van Beneden 1872 rorqual
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Heterocetus scriptus n. sp.4 Vanden Broeck 1874 whale
 Cetacea -
Plesiocetus rostratus n. sp.4 Vanden Broeck 1874 whale
Plesiocetus giganteus n. sp.4 Vanden Broeck 1874 whale
Plesiocetus tertius n. sp.4 Vanden Broeck 1874 whale
Plesiocetus intermedius n. sp.4 Vanden Broeck 1874 whale
Plesiocetus minor n. sp.4 Vanden Broeck 1874 whale
 Carnivora - Pinnipedia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.1, "Monotherium aberratum n. sp." = Frisiphoca aberratum2, "Monotherium affine n. sp." = Frisiphoca affine2, Monotherium delognii n. gen. n. sp.2
Phocidae indet.1 Gray 1821 seal
"Monotherium aberratum n. sp." = Frisiphoca aberratum2 Vanden Broeck 1874 seal
"Monotherium affine n. sp." = Frisiphoca affine2 Vanden Broeck 1874 seal
Monotherium delognii n. gen. n. sp.2 Vanden Broeck 1874 seal