Where: Belgium (51.3° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• comes from the Kattendijk Sands, without any doubt, approximately between -21 and -12 m beneath the surface

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. C. Whitmore and L. G. Barnes. 2008. The Herpetocetinae, a new subfamily of extinct baleen whales (Mammalia, Cetacea, Cetotheriidae). Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:141-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77496: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.01.2008

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