Louvain: Pliocene, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea
Burtinopsis similis Van Beneden 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenotus insignis Van Beneden 1872
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Plesiocetus garopii Van Beneden 1859
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Megapteropsis robusta n. sp. Van Beneden 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus scaldiensis Van Beneden 1872
Cetotherium brevifrons Van Beneden 1872
recombined as Heterocetus brevifrons
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 4.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 4.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Lueven
Database number:49404
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-14 18:34:04 Last modified:2008-12-16 10:15:43
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-14 18:34:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12326. 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]