Meddeho (Miocene of Netherlands)

Also known as Meddo

Where: Netherlands (52.0° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 5.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Primary reference: A. B. Van Deinse. 1920. On fossil Cetacea and Pinnipedia in the Netherlands. Koninkiljke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Netherlands). Afdeeling Natuurkunde 29:1356-1354 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88806: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Gryphoca ? similis Van Beneden 1876 seal
 Cetacea -
"Acrodelphis ? denticulatus" = Champsodelphis denticulatus
"Acrodelphis ? denticulatus" = Champsodelphis denticulatus Probst 1886 toothed whale
or scheynensis
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
"Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus, Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi
"Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi Du Bus 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
"Heterocetus affinis" = Parietobalaena affinis
"Heterocetus affinis" = Parietobalaena affinis Van Beneden and Gervais 1868 whale