Eastern Guadalquivir Basin (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Jaen, Spain (37.9° N, 4.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 5.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Arjona Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Guadalquivir Basin

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. T. Reolid and J. M. Molina. 2015. Record of Carcharocles megalodon in the Eastern Guadalquivir Basin (Upper Miocene, South Spain). Estudios geológicos 71(2) [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 172946: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 03.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
92.2cm CH and 11m TL