PBDB Collection

Neede, northwest: Late/Upper Miocene, Netherlands

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Miothunnus deldenius	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867	Bosch 1999

	Scaldicetus caretti Du Bus 1867
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

	Choneziphius planirostris (Cuvier 1824)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

	Protophocaena minima Abel 1905	Ahrens 2005	1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Burtinopsis minimus	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti

	Burtinopsis similis Van Beneden 1872	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti

	Plesiocetus verus (Van Beneden 1880)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	nomen dubium belonging to Amphicetus

	Plesiocetus latifrons (Van Beneden 1880)
	recombined as Aglaocetus latifrons

	Mesocetus latifrons Van Beneden 1880	Van Deinse 1920
	recombined as Aglaocetus latifrons

	Plesiocetus affinis (Van Beneden and Gervais 1868)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	recombined as Parietobalaena affinis
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

	Balaenula balaenopsis (Van Beneden 1872)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

	Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden 1880
	nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae

	Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880
	nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae

	Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

	Plesiocetus brevifrons (Van Beneden 1872)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	recombined as Heterocetus brevifrons
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

	Acipenser sturio	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

	Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

	Odontaspis aff. cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae

	Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner 1765)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

	Odontaspis vorax le Hon 1871	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	synonym of Carcharias acutissimus

	Odontaspis aff. acutissima (Agassiz 1843)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	recombined as Carcharias acutissimus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

	Isurus escheri Agassiz 1843	van den Bosch et al. 1975

	Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	recombined as Carcharodon hastalis

	Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae

	Hexanchus primigenius	van den Bosch et al. 1975

	Hexanchus gigas (Sismonda 1857)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

	Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

	Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

	Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae

	Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae

	Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Bivalvia - Mytilida

	Mytilacea indet. Rafinesque 1815	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	replaced by Mytiloidea
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Pseudamussium sp. Mörch 1853	van den Bosch et al. 1975

	Palliolum tigerinum	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

	Limatula sulcata	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

	Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

	Nuculana (Saccella) cf. westendorpi (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
	recombined as Saccella westendorpi
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

	Yoldia sp. Möller 1842	van den Bosch et al. 1975
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

	Ringicula (Ringiculina) buccinea (Sowerby 1823)	van den Bosch et al. 1975
see common names

Geography

Country:	Netherlands
Coordinates:	52.1° North, 6.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	52.4° North, 5.8° East
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:	11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Member:	Zenderen
Stratigraphic resolution:	member

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	Needse Berg, Needschen berg
Database number:	53889
Authorizer:	M. Uhen	Enterer:	M. Uhen
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2005-09-15 10:59:04	Last modified:	2010-08-23 11:46:30
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-09-15 10:59:04
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

25229.

A. B. Van Deinse. 1931. De fossilele en recente Cetacea van Nederland 1-304 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

16749		H. Ahrens. 2005. Weer een schedel van Protophocaena minima erbij!. Cranium 22(1):41-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14418		H. C. J. Bosch. 1999. De Needsche Berg: devondst van een kleine walvisschedel. Cranium 16:77-83 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15528		O. Lambert and K. Post. 2005. First European pontoporiid dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Miocene of Belgium and the Netherlands. Deinsea 11:7-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29779		A. B. Van Deinse. 1920. On fossil Cetacea and Pinnipedia in the Netherlands. Koninkiljke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Netherlands). Afdeeling Natuurkunde 29:1356-1354 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29207		M. van den Bosch, M. C. Cadee, and A. W. Janssen. 1975. Lithostratigraphical and biostratigraphical subdivision of Tertiary deposits (Oligocene-Pliocene) in the Winterswijk-Almelo region (eastern part of the Netherlands). Scripta Geologica 29:1-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]