Berchem, Canal d'Herenthals: Tortonian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Cygnus herenthalsi
Van Beneden 1873
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Amphicetus rotundus
Van Beneden 1880
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recombined as Aglaocetus rotundus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Heterocetus brevifrons
(Van Beneden 1872)
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Herentalia nigra n. gen., n. sp.
Bisconti 2014
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Bisconti 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Plesiocetus dubius
(Van Beneden 1872)
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Bisconti and Bosselaers 2021 | ||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | |||||||
Plesiocetus brialmonti
Van Beneden 1880
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nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphis longirostris
Du Bus 1867
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Belgium | State/province: | Flanders |
Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 4.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.4° North, 3.9° 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: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Diest | Member: | Deurne Sands |
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 |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 67026 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-11-03 08:18:17 | Last modified: | 2021-06-11 14:33:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-03 08:18:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
50680 | M. Bisconti. 2014. Anatomy of a new cetotheriid genus and species from the Miocene of Herentals, Belgium, and the phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships of Cetotheriidae s.s. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [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] |