Vieux-Dieu: Langhian - Serravallian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Palaeoziphius scaldensis
(Du Bus 1872)
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Misonne 1958 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Platanistidae
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Platydelphis canaliculatus
(Meyer 1853)
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Lambert 2006 | ||||||||||
= Pomatodelphininae indet.
Barnes 2002
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Lambert 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Priscodelphinus validus n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
= Squalodon sp.
Grateloup 1840
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Lambert 2005 | |||||||||
Squalodon antverpiensis n. sp.
Van Beneden 1861
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Van Beneden 1861 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Priscodelphinus teres n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
nomen nudum belonging to Odontoceti | ||||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi n. gen., n. sp.
Du Bus 1867
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See Lambert (2005) for details (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Priscodelphinus declivus n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
synonym of Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi | ||||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
Priscodelphinus robustus n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
synonym of Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi | ||||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
Priscodelphinus crassus n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
synonym of Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi | ||||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
Priscodelphinus pulvinatus n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
synonym of Eurhinodelphis longirostris | ||||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
Priscodelphinus elegans n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
synonym of Eurhinodelphis longirostris | ||||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
Priscodelphinus productus n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901) | ||||||||||
= Eurhinodelphis bossi
Kellogg 1925
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Lambert 2005 | |||||||||
recombined as Xiphiacetus bossi | ||||||||||
Eurhinodelphis cristatus
(Du Bus 1872)
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Misonne 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Xiphiacetus cristatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Eudelphis mortezelensis n. sp.
Du Bus 1872
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Du Bus 1872 | |||||||||
Isocetus depauwii n. sp.
Van Beneden and Gervais 1868
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Van Beneden 1880 | |||||||||
corrected as Isocetus depauwi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Gryphoca similis
Van Beneden 1876
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Van Beneden 1876 | |||||||||
Prophoca proxima n. gen., n. sp.
Van Beneden 1876
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Van Beneden 1876 | |||||||||
recombined as Leptophoca proxima | ||||||||||
Prophoca rousseaui
Van Beneden 1876
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Van Beneden 1876 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Antwerpen |
Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 4.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.4° North, 3.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Langhian - Serravallian | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Berchem | Member: | Antwerpen Sands | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: sable noir, late early Miocene-middle Miocene, possibly latest Burdigalian to middle Serravalian; age after Lambert (2008), possibly latest Burdigalian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Geology comments: neritic, energetic, shallowed upwards |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Fort 4, Mortsel, Oude God, Oude-God | ||
Database number: | 51680 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-06-09 12:33:44 | Last modified: | 2018-03-23 15:49:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-09 12:33:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12761. | B. Du Bus. 1867. Sur quelques mammiferes du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts 24:562-577 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
29875 | L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
12768 | B. Du Bus. 1872. Mammiferes nouveaux du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Letteres et des Beaux-Arts 34:491-509 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
6031 | R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of two squalodonts recently discovered in the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland; and notes on the shark-toothed cetaceans. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(16):1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
13748 | O. Lambert. 2005. Phylogenetic affinities of the long-snouted dolphin Eurhinodelphis (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Miocene of Antwerp, Belgium. Palaeontology 48(3):653-679 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
24599 | O. Lambert. 2006. First record of a platanistid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the North Sea Basin: a review of Cyrtodelphis Abel, 1899 from the Miocene fo Belgium. Oryctos 6:69-79 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
29135 | S. Louwye. 2005. The Early and Middle Miocene transgression at the southern border of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium). Geological Journal 40:441-456 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
19106 | X. Misonne. 1958. Faune du Tertiare et du Pleistocene inferieur de Belgique (Oiseaux et mammiferes) Donnees paleontologiques. Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin 34(5):1-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15445 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1861. Un mammifere nouveau du Crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 12:22-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
16855 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41:783-803 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
12641 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1880. Les mysticetes a courts fanons des sables des environs d'anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1880:11-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |