Wommelgem (Pliocene of Belgium)

Also known as Fort 2

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Primary reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67029: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Epiodontidae
Ziphius sp.2 Cuvier 1824 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Burtinopsis minutus1 Van Beneden 1880 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenula balaenopsis1 Van Beneden 1872 right whale
Balaena primigenius Van Beneden 1872 right whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera affinis1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera musculoides1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera borealina1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera sibbaldina1 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Mesotaria ambigua n. gen. n. sp.1, Paleophoca nystii1, Gryphoca similis n. gen. n. sp.1
Mesotaria ambigua n. gen. n. sp.1 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Paleophoca nystii1 Van Beneden 1859 seal
Gryphoca similis n. gen. n. sp.1 Van Beneden 1876 seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi1
"Alachtherium cretsii" = Ontocetus emmonsi1 Leidy 1859 walrus