Loowaard (Pleistocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (51.9° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 5.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gravel

• sand and gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: D. P. B. Erdbrink. 1993. Carnivora and a whale; fossils from the Loowaard and the Rhederlaag. Proceedings, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 96(2):117-142 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50990: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear