Verrebroek dock (Kruisschans Member) (Pliocene of Belgium)

Also known as Liefkenshoektunnel

Where: Belgium (51.3° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, brown, sandy claystone

• probably deposited between 2.6 and 3.5 Ma
• dark brown sandy clay including lenses of brown coarse sand and scattered shells

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: O. Lambert. 2007. A new porpoise (Odontoceti, Phocoenidae) from the Pliocene of the North Sea: clue for trans-Arctic phocoenid migrations?. Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Abstract Volume 5:38 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84232: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Septemriocetus bosselaersi n. gen. n. sp.
Septemriocetus bosselaersi n. gen. n. sp. Lambert 2008 porpoise