Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand: Tortonian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Monotherium aberratum Vanden Broeck 1874
Misonne 1958
recombined as Frisiphoca aberratum
Prophoca proxima Van Beneden 1876
Misonne 1958
recombined as Leptophoca proxima
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Alachterium cretsii
Van Beneden 1876
synonym of Ontocetus
Trichecodon koninckii Van Beneden 1871
Van Beneden 1876
nomen dubium belonging to Ontocetus
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Cetorhynchus atavus n. sp. Abel 1905
Abel 1905
Ziphirostrum marginatum n. sp. Du Bus 1868
Du Bus 1868
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeterula dubusii n. gen., n. sp. Van Beneden 1877
Lambert 2008 1 specimen
corrected as Physeterula dubusi
Palaeophoca nysti
Misonne 1958
nomen nudum belonging to Physeteridae
Mammalia - Cetacea
Plesiocetus brialmonti Van Beneden 1880
Bisconti and Bosselaers 2021
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Plesiocetus dubius (Van Beneden 1872)
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Heterocetus affinis n. sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1868
Van Beneden 1880
recombined as Parietobalaena affinis
Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae
Plesiocetus hupschi (Van Beneden 1859)
Misonne 1958
recombined as Plesiocetopsis hupschii
Mammalia - Cetacea
Amphicetus rotundus n. sp. Van Beneden 1880
Van Beneden 1880
recombined as Aglaocetus rotundus
Amphicetus verus Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Amphicetus
Amphicetus later Van Beneden 1880
Misonne 1958
Plesiocetus burtinii n. sp. Van Beneden 1859
Van Beneden 1859
nomen dubium belonging to Thalassotherii
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus scaldiensis n. sp. Van Beneden 1872
Misonne 1958
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Deflandreaceae
Palaeocystodinium golzowense Alberti 1961
Louwye 2002
Dinophyceae
Spiniferites pseudofurcatus Sarjeant 1970
Louwye 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Antwerpen
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 4.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 3.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Diest Member:Deurne Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: inner neritic, normal salinity lagoon, low-energy
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:66960
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-10-30 10:35:39 Last modified:2017-02-26 15:10:49
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-30 10:35:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15538. O. Lambert. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of the fossil beaked whales Ziphirostrum du Bus, 1868 and Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), from the Neogene of Antwerp (North of Belgium). Geodiversitas 27(3):443-497 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

12188 O. Abel. 1905. Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers. Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:1-155 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
77114 M. Bisconti and M. Bosselaers. 2021. On Plesiocetus Van Beneden, 1859 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 127(2):231-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12767 B. Du Bus. 1868. Sur differents Ziphiides nouveaux du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts 25:621-630 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
30890 O. Lambert. 2008. Sperm whales from the Miocene of the North Sea: a re-appraisal. Bulletin del'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 78:277-316 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
19087 S. Louwye. 2002. Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the upper Miocene Deurne Sands (Diest Formation) of northern Belgium, southern North Sea Basin. Geological Journal 37:55-67 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
19106 X. Misonne. 1958. Faune du Tertiare et du Pleistocene inferieur de Belgique (Oiseaux et mammiferes) Donnees paleontologiques. Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin 34(5):1-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15444 P. J. Van Beneden. 1859. Rapport de M. Van Beneden. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 8:123-146 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
12641 P. J. Van Beneden. 1880. Les mysticetes a courts fanons des sables des environs d'anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1880:11-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]