Westerschelde, Zanclean (Pliocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (51.4° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kattendijk Sand Member (Kattendijk Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: dredged

Primary reference: M. Bosselaers and K. Post. 2010. A new fossil rorqual (Mammalia, Cetacea, Balaenopteridae) from the Early Pliocene of the North Sea, with a review of the rorqual species described by Owen and Van Beneden. Geodiversitas 32(2):331-363 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195023: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Diunatans luctoretemergo n. gen. n. sp.
Diunatans luctoretemergo n. gen. n. sp. Bosselaers and Post 2010 rorqual