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