Hoogdonk Sandpit, Burdigalian: Burdigalian, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
1 specimen
Dewaele et al. 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands State/province:Noord-Brabant
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.1° North, 8.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.44 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Breda
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Zone 5-10 (c. 15.8 - 16.4 Ma)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Liessel
Database number:123486
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-01-24 02:58:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-24 02:58:42
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
39675. I. A. Koretsky, C. E. Ray, and N. Peters. 2012. A new species of Leptophoca (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part I). Deinsea 15:1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

61790 L. Dewaele, O. Lambert, and S. Louwye. 2017. On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications. PeerJ 5:e3024 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]