Where: Entre Rios, Argentina (32.1° S, 60.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° S, 58.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Parana Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• upper part of the Parana Formation; see p. 169 for discussion of age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; green claystone and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. L. Cione, D. A. Cabrera, and M. J. Barla. 2012. Oldest record of the Great White Shark (Lamnidae, Carcharodon; Miocene) in the Southern Atlantic. Geobios 45:167-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140010: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.02.2013, edited by Catalina Pimiento
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
Sciaenidae indet. Cuvier 1828 | |
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Rajidae indet. Blainville 1816 skate | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark | |
Carcharodon sp., "Carcharodon plicatilis" = Cosmopolitodus plicatilis
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark
"Carcharodon plicatilis" = Cosmopolitodus plicatilis Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon Also studied in Pimiento and Balk
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Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Megascyliorhinus trelewensis cat shark | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Holocephali indet. chimaera |