Westerschelde, Eocene (Eocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (51.4° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 49.3° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Onderdijke Member (Maldegem Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Stratigraphic information from van Vliet et al 2024

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float),

• Natural History Museum, Rotterdam

Primary reference: S. Schouten. 2011. De wervels van Basilosauridae: een overzicht van en een vergelijking met raadselachtige vondsten uit de Noordzee. Cranium 28(2):17-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168386: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867 whale
Pachycetus sp.2 Van Beneden 1883 whale
NMR-16442
Pachycetus paulsonii1 Brandt 1873 whale
NMR 991–3404 reidentified from ref 55107