Austruweel (Pliocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerpen, Belgium (51.3° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Primary reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67030: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2006, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices (Euspira) catenoides1 Wood 1842 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium robustum1 cerith snail
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Burtinopsis similis2 Van Beneden 1872 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena primigenius n. sp. Van Beneden 1872 right whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera borealina2 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera musculoides2 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Balaenoptera sibbaldina2 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual
Megaptera affinis2 Van Beneden 1880 rorqual