Where: North Carolina (33.8° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 73.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pungo River Formation, Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Primary reference: H. M. Maisch, M. A. Becker, and J. A. Chamberlain, Jr. 2020. Macroborings in Otodus megalodon and Otodus chubutensis shark teeth from the submerged shelf of Onslow Bay, North Carolina, USA: implications for processes of lag deposit formation. Ichnos 27(2):122-141 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140191: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Hongshan Wang on 05.03.2013, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Otodus chubutensis Ameghino 1901 mackerel shark |