Pou de l’Olm (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Cala Barques; Cala Sant Vicenç

Where: Mallorca, Spain (39.9° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 1.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Calcarenites of Sant Elm Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals de Sóller

Primary reference: G. Mas and M. T. Antunes. 2014. Presència de Tomistoma cf. lusitanica (Vianna i Moraes, 1945) (Reptilia: Crocodylia) al Burdigalià inferior de Mallorca (Illes Balears, Mediterrània occidental). Implicacions paleoambientals. Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears 51:131-146 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155253: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 03.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Teeth (occurrence based on Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea 2003 [Reference: 52107])
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias cf. taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Teeth and fragments
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus cf. oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Teeth and fragments
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus spp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Teeth and fragments
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
Teeth and fragments
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Teeth and fragments
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis cf. aquitanus sawfish
Tooth
 Euselachii -
Batoidea indet. ray
Tooth
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
Vertebrae
Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Pagrus mauritanicus Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Teeth
Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843 perch-like fish
Teeth
Pagellus caparicaensis perch-like fish
Tooth
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish
Teeth
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labrodon sp. Gervais 1857
Plates
Labrodon multidens Münster 1846
Plates
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon vetus Leidy 1855
Plates & fragments
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Balistes lerichei Bauzà 1949
Teeth and fragments
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817
Teeth
Diplodus jomnitanus Valencienes 1844
Teeth
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistoma cf. lusitanica Antunes 1961 false gharial
Teeth (held at the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals de Sóller)
Trigonodon jugleri
  - Trigonodontidae
Trigonodon jugleri Münster 1846
Teeth