Where: Slovakia (48.3° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 19.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Filakovo Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Lipovany Sandstones
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; poorly lithified, pebbly, gray sandstone and tuffaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: P. Holec, M. Hornacek, and M. Sykora. 1995. Lower Miocene shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and whale faunas (Mammalia, Cetaca) near Mucin, Southern Slovakia. Geologicke prace, Spravy 100:37-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47461: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale | |
? Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark | |
Isistius triangulus Probst 1879 shark | |
"Synodontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Synodontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Mitsukurina lineata Probst 1879 goblin shark | |
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni, "Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark | |
"Synodontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Synodontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Carcharhinus similis requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark |