Wadi Gharandel (Miocene of Egypt)

Also known as Sinai No. 345

Where: Sinai, Egypt (29.5° N, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.7° N, 32.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Helvetian according with museum label

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 163210: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 16.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
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