Austruweel: Pliocene, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena primigenius n. sp. Van Beneden 1872
nomen nudum belonging to Balanadae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera affinis 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 borealina Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Mammalia - Cetacea
Burtinopsis similis Van Beneden 1872
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus (Brocchi 1814)
Glibert 1958
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium robustum
Glibert 1958
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia (Sulcotrivia) testudinella (Wood 1842)
Glibert 1958
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais scaldensis
Glibert 1958
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices (Euspira) catenoides (Wood 1842)
Glibert 1958
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Antwerpen
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 4.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° 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:67030
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-11-03 09:09:05 Last modified:2008-12-16 10:02:33
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-03 09:09:05
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:

59487 M. Glibert. 1958. Gastropodes du Diestien, du Scaldisien et du Merxemien de la Belgique. 2ème Note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 34(1):1-36 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
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]