Stuyvenberg: Zanclean - Piacenzian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea
Burtinopsis similis Van Beneden 1872
Van Beneden 1882
    = Balaenomorpha indet. Geisler and Sanders 2003
Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Burtinopsis minutus Van Beneden 1880
Van Beneden 1882
    = Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864
Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020
Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Megaptera affinis Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena primigenia (Van Beneden 1872)
Misonne 1958
nomen nudum belonging to Balanadae
Balaenotus insignis n. gen., n. sp. Van Beneden 1872
Balaenula balaenopsis n. sp. (Van Beneden 1872)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus scaldiensis Van Beneden 1872
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Trichecodon koninckii Van Beneden 1871
Van Beneden 1876
nomen dubium belonging to Ontocetus
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Zedelgem
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 3.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 2.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean - Piacenzian
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "sables noirs", "sables gris"

age of early Pliocene is listed by Whitmore & Barnes, 2008: Could also be latest Miocene (Diestian) = Serravalian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
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:Stuivenbergh
Database number:67027
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-11-03 08:27:53 Last modified:2020-08-18 12:23:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-03 08:27:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

73428 M. Bisconti and M. E. J. Bosselaers. 2020. A new balaenopterid species from the Southern North Sea Basin informs about phylogeny and taxonomy of Burtinopsis and Protororqualus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae). PeerJ 8(e9570):1-47 [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]
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]
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]