Vieux-Dieu: Langhian - Serravallian, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Gryphoca similis Van Beneden 1876
Van Beneden 1876
Prophoca proxima n. gen., n. sp. Van Beneden 1876
Van Beneden 1876
recombined as Leptophoca proxima
Prophoca rousseaui Van Beneden 1876
Van Beneden 1876
Mammalia - Cetacea
Isocetus depauwii n. sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1868
Van Beneden 1880
corrected as Isocetus depauwi
Priscodelphinus teres n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
nomen nudum belonging to Odontoceti
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Platydelphis canaliculatus (Meyer 1853)
Du Bus 1872
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Lambert 2006
    = Pomatodelphininae indet. Barnes 2002
Lambert 2006
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Priscodelphinus validus n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
    = Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840
Lambert 2005
Squalodon antverpiensis n. sp. Van Beneden 1861
Van Beneden 1861
Mammalia - Cetacea
Palaeoziphius scaldensis (Du Bus 1872)
Misonne 1958
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi n. gen., n. sp. Du Bus 1867
See Lambert (2005) for details (1 measurement)
Priscodelphinus robustus n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
synonym of Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
Priscodelphinus crassus n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
synonym of Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
Priscodelphinus declivus n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
synonym of Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
Priscodelphinus elegans n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
synonym of Eurhinodelphis longirostris
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
Priscodelphinus pulvinatus n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
synonym of Eurhinodelphis longirostris
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
Eurhinodelphis cristatus (Du Bus 1872)
Misonne 1958
recombined as Xiphiacetus cristatus
Priscodelphinus productus n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
described from Fort no 4, Vieu-Dieu according to Abel (1901)
    = Eurhinodelphis bossi Kellogg 1925
Lambert 2005
recombined as Xiphiacetus bossi
Mammalia - Cetacea
Eudelphis mortezelensis n. sp. Du Bus 1872
Du Bus 1872
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Antwerpen
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 4.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 3.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian - Serravallian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Berchem Member:Antwerpen Sands
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: sable noir, late early Miocene-middle Miocene, possibly latest Burdigalian to middle Serravalian; age after Lambert (2008), possibly latest Burdigalian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: neritic, energetic, shallowed upwards
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Fort 4, Mortsel, Oude God, Oude-God
Database number:51680
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-06-09 12:33:44 Last modified:2018-03-23 15:49:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-09 12:33:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12761. B. Du Bus. 1867. Sur quelques mammiferes du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts 24:562-577 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

29875 L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12768 B. Du Bus. 1872. Mammiferes nouveaux du crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Letteres et des Beaux-Arts 34:491-509 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
6031 R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of two squalodonts recently discovered in the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland; and notes on the shark-toothed cetaceans. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(16):1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13748 O. Lambert. 2005. Phylogenetic affinities of the long-snouted dolphin Eurhinodelphis (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Miocene of Antwerp, Belgium. Palaeontology 48(3):653-679 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24599 O. Lambert. 2006. First record of a platanistid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the North Sea Basin: a review of Cyrtodelphis Abel, 1899 from the Miocene fo Belgium. Oryctos 6:69-79 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29135 S. Louwye. 2005. The Early and Middle Miocene transgression at the southern border of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium). Geological Journal 40:441-456 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
19106 X. Misonne. 1958. Faune du Tertiare et du Pleistocene inferieur de Belgique (Oiseaux et mammiferes) Donnees paleontologiques. Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin 34(5):1-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15445 P. J. Van Beneden. 1861. Un mammifere nouveau du Crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 12:22-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16855 P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41:783-803 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12641 P. J. Van Beneden. 1880. Les mysticetes a courts fanons des sables des environs d'anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1880:11-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]