Where: Germany (53.9° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 54.0° N, 8.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lower Mica Finesand Formation, Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Vierslande Finesand
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Reinecke and A. Radwanski. 2015. Fossil sharks basking sharks of the genus Keasius (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the boreal North Sea Basin and Upper Rhine Graben: Evolution of dental characteristics from the Oligocene to Middle Miocene and description of two new species. Palaentos 28(3):39-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 221686: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.08.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Keasius septemtrionalis Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 basking shark |