Also known as Deurganckdoksluis

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• The specimen derives from the base of the Oorderen Sands Member (Lillo Formation), dated to 3.21–2.76 Ma (Piacenzian, late Pliocene) based on its dinoflagellate cyst assemblage (Louwye et al. 2004; De Schepper et al. 2009).

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. D. de Lavigerie, M. Bosselaers, S. Goolaerts, T. Park, O. Lambert and F. G. Marx. 2020. New Pliocene right whale from Belgium informs balaenid phylogeny and function. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209757: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.05.2020

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