Where: Flanders, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Deurne Sands Member (Diest Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: X. Misonne. 1958. Faune du Tertiare et du Pleistocene inferieur de Belgique (Oiseaux et mammiferes) Donnees paleontologiques. Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin 34(5):1-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 67026: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Cygnus herenthalsi Van Beneden 1873 swan | |
Mammalia | |
"Plesiocetus brialmonti" = Plesiocetus brialmontii, Plesiocetus dubius2, "Amphicetus rotundus" = Aglaocetus rotundus
"Plesiocetus brialmonti" = Plesiocetus brialmontii Van Beneden 1880 whale
"Amphicetus rotundus" = Aglaocetus rotundus Van Beneden 1880 whale | |
Heterocetus brevifrons Van Beneden 1872 whale | |
Eurhinodelphis longirostris Du Bus 1867 toothed whale |