Kaloot (Miocene of Netherlands)

Also known as Westerschelde 2

Where: Netherlands (51.4° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Post and J. W. F. Reumer. 2016. History and future of paleontological surveys in the Westerschelde Estuary (Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands). Deinsea 16:1-9 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190171: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
aff. Platanistoidea indet.2 Simpson 1945 toothed whale
periotic
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca sp.1, "Phoca vitulinoides" = Nanophoca vitulinoides1
Phoca sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 seal
"Phoca vitulinoides" = Nanophoca vitulinoides1 Van Beneden 1876 seal