Pöls a.d. Wieserbahn (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Styria, Austria (46.9° N, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Florianer Schichten Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Lageniden-Zone

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. R. Hiden. 1995. Elasmobranchier (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) aus dem Badenium (Mittleres Miozän) des Steirischen Beckens (Österreich). Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Geologie und Paläontologie am Landesmuseum Joanneum 52/53:41-110 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161909: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 15.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877 wedgefish
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark