Blauwhofstraat clay pit: Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Caviziphius altirostris n. gen., n. sp.
Bianucci and Post 2005
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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] |