Wijnegem: Pliocene, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Megaptera affinis Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Megapteropsis robusta Van Beneden 1872
Van Beneden 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena primigenius Van Beneden 1872
nomen nudum belonging to Balanadae
Mammalia - Cetacea
Burtinopsis minutus Van Beneden 1880
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Alachtherium cretsii n. gen., n. sp. (Du Bus 1867)
Du Bus 1867
synonym of Ontocetus emmonsi
Trichecodon koninckii Van Beneden 1871
Van Beneden 1876
nomen dubium belonging to Ontocetus
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Antwerpen
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 4.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 4.1° 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 - 2.58800 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
Also known as:Wynegem, Wyneghem
Database number:67028
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-11-03 08:51:59 Last modified:2008-12-16 10:18:20
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-03 08:51:59
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:

12761 B. Du Bus. 1867. Sur quelques mammiferes du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts 24:562-577 [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]
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]