Ras ir-Reqqa (Miocene of Malta)
Where: Gozo, Malta (36.1° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 14.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: C 2 Phosphorite Member (Globigerina Limestone Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. J. Ward and C. G. Bonavia. 2001. Additions to, and review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(3):131-146 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details
PaleoDB collection 161385: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 04.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877 wedgefish | |
Sphyrna arambourgi hammerhead shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 requiem shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark | |
Triakis angustidens hound shark | |
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark | |
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon, Parotodus benedeni
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark | |
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Isurus retrojlexus, Isurus oxyrinchus, Carcharoides catticus
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Isurus retrojlexus mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark |