Deurganckdok, Oorderen Sands Member (Pliocene of Netherlands)

Also known as Deurganckdock

Where: Netherlands (51.3° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Oorderen Sands Member (Lillo Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• The deposition of this horizon has been referred to the 3.21–2.76 Ma time span (i.e., early to mid Piacenzian, Late Pliocene) via the integration of dino- flagellate cyst biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy (De Schepper et al. 2009).

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C.-H. Tsai, A. Collareta, and M. Bosselaers. 2020. A Pliocene gray whale (Eschrichtius sp.) from the Eastern North Atlantic. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126(1):189-196 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207949: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.03.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtius sp. Gray 1864 gray whale
Thatchtelithichnus holmani
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Thatchtelithichnus holmani Zonneveld et al. 2015