Where: Nijlen, Belgium (51.2° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Antwerpen Sands Member (Berchem Formation), Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Age after Louwye et al. 2000.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Lambert. 2005. Review of the Miocene long-snouted dolphin Priscodelphinus cristatus Du Bus, 1872 (Cetacea, Odontoceti) and phylogeny among eurhinodelphinids. Bulletin de L'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre 75:211-235 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 53679: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Xiphiacetus cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus, "Priscodelphinus cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus2
"Xiphiacetus cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus Du Bus 1872 toothed whale | |
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