Prome: Miocene, Myanmar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
| P12188 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Myanmar |
| Coordinates: | 18.8° North, 95.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.0° North, 96.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163207 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Created: | 2014-10-16 12:18:35 | Last modified: | 2014-10-16 12:18:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-10-16 12:18:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52569. | C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] |