Also known as Eerste Kanaaldok, Beveren-Kallo, Kalloo
Where: Beveren, Belgium (51.3° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kattendijk Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• 18 m below sea level, BFN 4 (Florilus boueanus-Monspeliensina pseudotepida Assemblage Zone), early Pliocene.
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•The Kattendijk Formation has been dated to 5.0–4.4 Ma based on its dinoflagellate assemblage [57]. (Marx and Fordyce, 2015)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; unlithified, bioturbated claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,
Primary reference: M. Bisconti. 2005. Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new diminutive balaenid from the lower Pliocene of Belgium. Palaeontology 48(4):793-816 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57912: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.01.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Balaenella brachyrhynus n. gen. n. sp.
Balaenella brachyrhynus n. gen. n. sp. Bisconti 2005 right whale | |
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