Saint-Nicolas: Pliocene, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Paleophoca nystii
Van Beneden 1859
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| nomen dubium belonging to Monachinae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Hoplocetus crassidens
Gervais 1852
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Choneziphius (Ziphius) planirostris
(Cuvier 1824)
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Dioplodon becanii
Gervais 1859
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| synonym of Mesoplodon longirostris | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| sp. Waes | ||||||||||
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Delphinus delannoy
Van Beneden 1860
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Plesiocetus garopii
Van Beneden 1859
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| nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Plesiocetus burtinii
Van Beneden 1859
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| nomen dubium belonging to Thalassotherii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Herpetocetus scaldiensis
Van Beneden 1872
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Van Beneden 1872 | |||||||||
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Marrellomorpha
- Marrellida
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Cetotherium hupschii
Legg 2016
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Van Beneden 1872 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Oost-Vlaanderen |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 5.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.7° North, 5.1° 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 |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sint-Niklaas | ||
| Database number: | 57138 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-05 11:38:22 | Last modified: | 2010-08-23 11:48:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-05 11:38:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15444. | P. J. Van Beneden. 1859. Rapport de M. Van Beneden. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 8:123-146 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 15521 | T. A. Deméré, A. Berta, and M. R. McGowen. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):99-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] |