Ras ii-Karraba (Miocene to of Malta)

Where: Ras ii-Karraba, Malta (35.9° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 13.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Blue Clay Formation, Serravallian to Serravallian (13.8 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Ward and C. G. Bonavia. 2001. Additions to, and review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(3):131-146 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 161384: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 04.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus griseus sixgill shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja gentili Joleaud 1912 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus goncalvesi Antunes et al. 1999 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvier, "Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retrojlexus mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon