Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 49.7° N, 5.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Deurne Sand Member (Diest Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: O. Lambert. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of the fossil beaked whales Ziphirostrum du Bus, 1868 and Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), from the Neogene of Antwerp (North of Belgium). Geodiversitas 27(3):443-497 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66960: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Herpetocetus scaldiensis n. sp.7
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Plesiocetus burtinii n. sp.8
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"Plesiocetus hupschi" = Plesiocetopsis hupschii7
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"Amphicetus rotundus n. sp." = Aglaocetus rotundus10, Amphicetus later7, Amphicetus verus7, "Heterocetus affinis n. sp." = Parietobalaena affinis10
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Dinophyceae | |
Spiniferites pseudofurcatus6 Sarjeant 1970 | |
Palaeocystodinium golzowense6 Alberti 1961 |