Wilcox ( of the United States)
Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.0° N, 87.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.5° N, 73.3° W (Wright 2013)
When: Wilcox Group, Cenozoic (66.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D.J. Ehret and J. Ebersole. 2014. Occurrence of the megatoothed sharks (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) in Alabama, USA. PeerJ 2:e625 [M. Uhen/C. McVicker]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 228143: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Cathryn McVicker on 19.11.2022
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharocles auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus, Otodus obliquus
"Carcharocles auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus Blainville 1818 mackerel shark
Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |