Saint-Nicolas (Pliocene of Belgium)

Also known as Sint-Niklaas

Where: Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (50.6° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° N, 5.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 57138: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Hoplocetus crassidens Gervais 1852 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
"Dioplodon becanii" = Mesoplodon longirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
Choneziphius (Ziphius) planirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 common dolphin
sp. Waes
Delphinus delannoy Van Beneden 1860 common dolphin
 Cetacea -
Plesiocetus burtinii Van Beneden 1859 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
"Plesiocetus garopii" = Balaenoptera garopii
"Plesiocetus garopii" = Balaenoptera garopii Van Beneden 1859 rorqual
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus scaldiensis Van Beneden 1872 whale
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Paleophoca nystii Van Beneden 1859 seal
Marrellomorpha
 Marrellida -