Figure 2 in Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)

Figure 2. Stratigraphical information for the discovery site with the position of the holotype of Fragilicetus velponi gen. et sp. nov. indicated. The specimen is from the Zanclean of Belgium; it is from the Kattendijk Sands Formation and was found at a height of approximately 22 m below the main level of the sea at Ostend at low tide (Tweede Algemene Waterpassing: see text for explanation). Additional finds at the site include Glycymeris obovata ringelei, Pliothyrina sowerbyana, and Paliolum gerardi mollusc species.