Deurne (Fort 1), Antwerpen Sands Member: Langhian - Serravallian, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mesocetus latifrons n. sp.
Van Beneden 1880
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| recombined as Aglaocetus latifrons | |||||||
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Idiocetus longifrons n. sp.
Van Beneden 1880
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Van Beneden 1880 | ||||||
| recombined as Aglaocetus longifrons | |||||||
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Mesocetus laxatus
Van Beneden 1880
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Van Beneden 1880 | ||||||
| recombined as Parietobalaena laxata | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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aff. Physeterula dubusii
Van Beneden 1877
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Peters and Monteiro 2005 | ||||||
| corrected as Physeterula dubusi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 4.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.4° North, 3.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 |
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 |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96462 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-08 12:41:37 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 14:47:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-08 12:41:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32710. | M. Steeman. 2010. The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene-Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(1):63-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 18456 | A. M. M. Peters and H. J. Monteiro. 2005. A small sperm whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae) from the Miocene of Antwerp. Deinsea 11:87-101 [M. Uhen/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] |