Blauwhofstraat clay pit: Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Caviziphius altirostris n. gen., n. sp. Bianucci and Post 2005
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Temse
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 4.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 3.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Post Miocene Basisgrind
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: basal gravel rich in phosphate nodules, shark teeth and fossils of marine mammals
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:66066
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-27 13:33:13 Last modified:2009-02-05 13:40:10
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-27 13:33:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18923. G. Bianucci and K. Post. 2005. Caviziphius altirostris, a new beaked whale from the Miocene southern North Sea basin. Deinsea 11:1-6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]