Oosterschelde, Miocene: Middle Miocene, Netherlands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Tranatocetidae
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Mesocetus cf. longirostris
Van Beneden 1880
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Cetotherium sp.
Brandt 1843
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphirostrum cf. marginatum
Du Bus 1868
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Geography
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 3.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° North, 2.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: dredged off the sea floor | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 192727 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-04-17 13:10:06 | Last modified: | 2018-04-17 13:10:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-17 13:10:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63715. | D. J. Scager, H.-J. Ahrens, F. E. Dieleman, L. W. Hoek Ostende, J. Vos and J. W. F. Reumer. 2017. The Kor & Bot collection revisited, with a biostratigraphic interpretation of the Early Pleistocene Oosterschelde Fauna (Oosterschelde Estuary, the Netherlands). Deinsea 17:16-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |