Elsloo, Limburg: Miocene, Netherlands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Paleophoca nystii
Van Beneden 1859
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Van Beneden 1876 | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Monachinae | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Phoca ambigua
Staring 1860
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= Squalodon sp.
Grateloup 1840
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Van Deinse 1945 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphis longirostris
Du Bus 1867
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Van Deinse 1945 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Scaldicetus caretti
Du Bus 1867
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Van Deinse 1939 | ||||||
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Scaldicetus grandis
(Du Bus 1872)
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Van Deinse 1945 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 5.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.2° North, 4.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 75 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Previous reports placed the locality in the Oligocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 37599 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen | Enterer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2004-03-17 10:29:01 | Last modified: | 2009-04-21 09:43:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-17 10:29:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25229. | A. B. Van Deinse. 1931. De fossilele en recente Cetacea van Nederland 1-304 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 10055 | 5% 42140 | K. Rothausen. 1961. Ueber Microcetus, einen kleinen Squalodontiden aus dem Oberoligozaen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 112(1):106-116 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy] |
| 16855 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41:783-803 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29777 | A. B. Van Deinse. 1939. De fossiele Potvisch Scaldicetus caretti in Midden-Limburg aangetoond. Natuurhistorische maanblad: Orgaan van het Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg 28(10):97-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29775 | A. B. Van Deinse. 1945. De fossil cetacea van Limbourg. Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genooschap 14:147-156 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |