Kallo, Kattendijk Fm. (Pliocene of Belgium)

Also known as Eerste Kanaaldok, Beveren-Kallo, Kalloo

Where: Beveren, Belgium (51.3° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kattendijk Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• 18 m below sea level, BFN 4 (Florilus boueanus-Monspeliensina pseudotepida Assemblage Zone), early Pliocene.

•The Kattendijk Formation has been dated to 5.0–4.4 Ma based on its dinoflagellate assemblage [57]. (Marx and Fordyce, 2015)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; unlithified, bioturbated claystone

• warm temperate conditions on shelf influenced by open waters
• clay, bioturbated at the top, infilled with greyish green sands

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,

Primary reference: M. Bisconti. 2005. Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new diminutive balaenid from the lower Pliocene of Belgium. Palaeontology 48(4):793-816 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57912: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.01.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus sp.3 de Blainville 1816 basking shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.1 Gray 1864 rorqual
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenella brachyrhynus n. gen. n. sp.
Balaenella brachyrhynus n. gen. n. sp. Bisconti 2005 right whale
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus scaldiensis5 Van Beneden 1872 whale
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Fratercula sp.2 Brisson 1760 puffin
Alca ausonia2 Portis 1887 auk
Alca stewarti n. sp.4 Martin et al. 2000 auk
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Motacilla sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 wagtail
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet.4 Vigors 1825 waterfowl