Also known as LACM 3351; LACM 3362
Where: Kern County, California (36.0° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 110.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Jewett Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: K. Shimada, B. J. Welton, and D. J. Long. 2014. A new fossil megamouth shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from the Oligocene-Miocene of the western United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):281-290 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 169441: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 26.05.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Megachasma applegatei Shimada et al. 2014 mackerel shark |