Sillac, 16 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Charente, France (45.6° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 1.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Cahuzac, S. Adnet, H. Cappetta and R. Vullo. 2007. Les espèces et genres de poissons Sélaciens fossiles (Crétacé, Tertiaire) créés dans le Bassin d'Aquitaine ; recensement, taxonomie. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 142(35):3-43 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 161748: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 11.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Scapanorhynchus raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
"Scapanorhynchus raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretodus sulcatus mackerel shark
Cretodus semiplicatus Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark