Vrasene Dok (Pliocene of Belgium)

Also known as Vrasene Dock

Where: Belgium (51.3° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 3.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oorderen Sands Member (Lillo Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Sable de Oorderen, Scaldisian

Environment/lithology: offshore; claystone

• warm-temperate conditions, open waters, occasional cooling events, shoaling

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Lambert and P. Gigase. 2007. A monodontid cetacean from the Early Pliocene of the North Sea. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre 77:197-210 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77498: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus sp.
Herpetocetus sp. Van Beneden 1872 whale