Troisieme Section, Canal d'Herenthals (Pliocene of Belgium)

Where: Turnhout, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kattendijk Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; claystone

• warm temperate conditions on shelf influenced by open waters

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. C. Whitmore and L. G. Barnes. 2008. The Herpetocetinae, a new subfamily of extinct baleen whales (Mammalia, Cetacea, Cetotheriidae). Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:141-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77492: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus scaldiensis
Herpetocetus scaldiensis Van Beneden 1872 whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet., ? Mesoplodon sp.
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
? Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale
probably Mesoplodon
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
cf. Tursiops sp., Delphinus sp.
cf. Tursiops sp. Gervais 1855 dolphin
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 common dolphin