Borgerhout, Pliocene: Pliocene, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Paleophoca nystii Van Beneden 1859
nomen dubium belonging to Monachinae
[entered as Palaeophoca nystii]
Platyphoca vulgaris Van Beneden 1876
Mammalia - Cetacea
Burtinopsis minutus Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Burtinopsis similis Van Beneden 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena primigenia (Van Beneden 1872)
nomen nudum belonging to Balanadae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Megaptera affinis Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Antwerpen
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 4.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 4.0° 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: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:67023
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-11-03 07:54:16 Last modified:2006-11-03 09:54:17
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-03 07:54:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]