De Kuilen (Pliocene of Netherlands)

Also known as Mill et Sint Hubert

Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 5.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Age after Koretsky et al. (2014)

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: H. Ahrens. 2005. Weer een schedel van Protophocaena minima erbij!. Cranium 22(1):41-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89447: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Corystidae
Harenacorystes johanjansseni n. gen. n. sp.3 van Bakel et al. 2009 crab
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Gryphoca nordica n. sp.2 Koretsky et al. 2014 seal
Praepusa boeska1 Koretsky et al. 2015 seal
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
Choneziphius sp. Duvernoy 1851 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Monodontidae indet. Gray 1821 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
"Phocaena phocaena" = Phocoena phocoena
"Phocaena phocaena" = Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus 1758 harbor porpoise
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Lissodelphis sp. Gloger 1841 dolphin
Stenella sp. Gray 1866 dolphin
Globicephala sp. Lesson 1828 pilot whale
Hemisyntrachelus sp. Brandt 1873 dolphin
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale