Borsbeek, Fort 3: Tortonian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Batavipusa neerlandica
Koretsky and Peters 2008
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Koretsky and Peters 2008 | ||||||
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Phoca vitulinoides n. sp.
Van Beneden 1876
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| recombined as Nanophoca vitulinoides | |||||||
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Prophoca proxima
Van Beneden 1876
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Misonne 1958 | ||||||
| recombined as Leptophoca proxima | |||||||
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Prophoca rousseaui n. gen., n. sp.
Van Beneden 1876
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Plesiocetus brialmonti n. sp.
Van Beneden 1880
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Van Beneden 1880 | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | |||||||
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Plesiocetus dubius
(Van Beneden 1872)
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Misonne 1958 | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | |||||||
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Amphicetus later n. gen., n. sp.
Van Beneden 1880
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Van Beneden 1880 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphis longirostris
Du Bus 1867
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Misonne 1958 | ||||||
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Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi
Du Bus 1867
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Misonne 1958 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Antwerpen |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 4.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.4° North, 3.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Diest | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Diestian Sands | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
| Geology comments: inner neritic, normal salinity lagoon, low-energy | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Borsbeck | ||
| Database number: | 52049 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-14 12:44:35 | Last modified: | 2021-06-11 14:18:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-14 12:44:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16855. | P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41:783-803 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 77114 | M. Bisconti and M. Bosselaers. 2021. On Plesiocetus Van Beneden, 1859 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 127(2):231-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29875 | L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 32359 | I. A. Koretsky and A. M. M. Peters. 2008. Batavipusa (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae): a new genus from the eastern shore of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part II). Deinsea 12:53-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 19106 | 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] | |
| 12641 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1880. Les mysticetes a courts fanons des sables des environs d'anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1880:11-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12881 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1882. Description des Ossements Fossiles des Environs D'Anvers Troisieme Partie: Cetaces Genera: Megaptera, Balenoptera, Burtinopsis & Erpetocetus. Annales du Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 7:1-90 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |