Berchem, Canal d'Herenthals: Tortonian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphis longirostris Du Bus 1867
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Heterocetus brevifrons (Van Beneden 1872)
Herentalia nigra n. gen., n. sp. Bisconti 2014
Bisconti 2014 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea
Amphicetus rotundus Van Beneden 1880
recombined as Aglaocetus rotundus
Plesiocetus brialmonti Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Plesiocetus dubius (Van Beneden 1872)
Bisconti and Bosselaers 2021
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus herenthalsi Van Beneden 1873
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Flanders
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 4.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 3.9° 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:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Diest Member:Deurne Sands
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:67026
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-11-03 08:18:17 Last modified:2021-06-11 14:33:27
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-03 08:18:17
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]

Secondary references:

50680 M. Bisconti. 2014. Anatomy of a new cetotheriid genus and species from the Miocene of Herentals, Belgium, and the phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships of Cetotheriidae s.s. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]