Minoy (Miocene of France)

Where: Gironde, France (44.3° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal marl

• shell marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-M. Canevet. 2011. The Chondrichthyans of the Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Salles (Gironde, France). Cossmanniana 13:59-79 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161527: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 07.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus, Pachyscyllium sp.
Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus Antunes and Jonet 1969 cat shark
Pachyscyllium sp. Reinecke et al. 2005 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus, Isogomphodon acuarius, Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon taxandriae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Isogomphodon acuarius daggernose shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Chaenogaleus affinis, Hemipristis serra
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp.
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Araloselachus cuspidatus
Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus nakamurai, "Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
Hexanchus nakamurai sixgill shark
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus suevicus
Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel 1890 saw shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata