Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Antwerpen Sands Member (Berchem Formation), Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. Steeman. 2010. The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene-Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(1):63-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96462: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"aff. Physeterula dubusii" = Physeterula dubusi1
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"Mesocetus laxatus" = Parietobalaena laxata2, "Idiocetus longifrons n. sp." = Aglaocetus longifrons2, "Mesocetus latifrons n. sp." = Aglaocetus latifrons
"Mesocetus latifrons n. sp." = Aglaocetus latifrons Van Beneden 1880 whale |