Sharbithat Bay (Miocene of Oman)

Also known as SHA-34

Where: Oman (17.9° N, 56.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.6° N, 52.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Shuwayr Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Shuwayr and Warak formations

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Adnet and V. Charpentier. 2022. A new elasmobranch fauna from the early Miocene of Sharbithat (Sultanate of Oman) reveals the teeth of an ancient fantail stingray. Geologica Acta, 20(2):1-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224898: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.04.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna laevissima Cope 1867 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus cf. oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus (Megaselachus) chubutensis Ameghino 1901 mackerel shark
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Taeniurops tosii n. sp. Adnet and Charpentier 2022 whiptail stingray