Liessel (Miocene of Netherlands)

Where: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (51.5° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 5.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Breda Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Deposited in Harold van der Steen

Primary reference: F. H. Mollen. 2010. A partial rostrum of the porbeagle shark Lamna nasus (Lamniformes, Lamnidae) from the Miocene of the North Sea Basin and the taxonomic importance of rostral morphology in extinct sharks. Geologica Belgica 13(1-2):61-76 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 162679: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 01.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Jaekelotodontidae
Anotodus retroflexus
 Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Torpedo sp.
Torpedo sp. Houttuyn 1764 torpedo
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758 spiny dogfish
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius, Hexanchus griseus
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
Hexanchus griseus sixgill shark
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp.
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus acanthodon
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp.
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp., Galeorhinus sp.
Mustelus sp. hound shark
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna nasus, Isurus oxyrinchus, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon escheri
Lamna nasus mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Carcharodon escheri Agassiz 1843 white shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp.
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp.
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus arcuatus
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray