Sable Superieur d'Anvers (Pliocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Kattendijk and Lillo Formations (Zanclean Stage)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; sandstone

• warm temperate conditions on shelf influenced by open waters

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57701: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Paleophoca nystii4, "Callophoca obscura n. gen. n. sp." = Callophoca obscura6, "Callophoca ambigua" = Callophoca obscura4, Platyphoca vulgaris n. gen. n. sp.6, "Phoca vitulinoides" = Nanophoca vitulinoides4, "Phocanella pumila n. gen. n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6, "Phocanella minor n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6, Phoca (Phocanella) straeleni n. sp.1, Gryphoca similis4
Paleophoca nystii4 Van Beneden 1859 seal
"Callophoca obscura n. gen. n. sp." = Callophoca obscura6 Van Beneden 1876 seal
"Callophoca ambigua" = Callophoca obscura4 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Platyphoca vulgaris n. gen. n. sp.6 Van Beneden 1876 seal
"Phoca vitulinoides" = Nanophoca vitulinoides4 Van Beneden 1876 seal
"Phocanella pumila n. gen. n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6 Van Beneden 1876 seal
"Phocanella minor n. sp." = Phocanella pumila6 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Phoca (Phocanella) straeleni n. sp.1 Friant 1944 seal
Gryphoca similis4 Van Beneden 1876 seal
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon posti n. sp.3
Mesoplodon posti n. sp.3 Lambert and Louwye 2016 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Monodontidae indet.2
Monodontidae indet.2 Gray 1821 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Burtinopsis minutus n. sp.7, Burtinopsis similis n. sp.7
Burtinopsis minutus n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 whale
Burtinopsis similis n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1872 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera rostratella n. sp.7, "Plesiocetus garopii n. gen. n. sp." = Balaenoptera garopii5, Balaenoptera sibbaldina n. sp.7, Balaenoptera borealina n. sp.7
Balaenoptera rostratella n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
"Plesiocetus garopii n. gen. n. sp." = Balaenoptera garopii5 Van Beneden 1859 rorqual
Balaenoptera sibbaldina n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera borealina n. sp.7 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
1Friant 1944; 2Lambert and Gigase 2006; 3Lambert and Louwye 2016; 4Ray 1976; 5Van Beneden 1859; 6Van Beneden 1876; 7Van Beneden 1880