Deurne (Fort 1), Antwerpen Sands Member (Miocene to of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Antwerpen Sands Member (Berchem Formation), Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone

• neritic, energetic, shallowed upwards

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. Steeman. 2010. The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene-Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(1):63-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96462: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
"aff. Physeterula dubusii" = Physeterula dubusi1
"aff. Physeterula dubusii" = Physeterula dubusi1 Van Beneden 1877 sperm whale
 Cetacea -
"Idiocetus longifrons n. sp." = Aglaocetus longifrons2, "Mesocetus latifrons n. sp." = Aglaocetus latifrons, "Mesocetus laxatus" = Parietobalaena laxata2
"Idiocetus longifrons n. sp." = Aglaocetus longifrons2 Van Beneden 1880 whale
"Mesocetus latifrons n. sp." = Aglaocetus latifrons Van Beneden 1880 whale
"Mesocetus laxatus" = Parietobalaena laxata2 Van Beneden 1880 whale