Onslow Bay C: Pliocene, North Atlantic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
see common names

Geography
Country:North Atlantic
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 77.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 75.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yorktown
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:219778
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-21 10:19:58 Last modified:2026-03-23 14:55:28
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-21 10:19:58
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
77760. 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]

Secondary references:

94391 H. M. Maisch IV, M. A. Becker, and J. A. Chamberlain, Jr. 2018. Lamniform and Carcharhiniform Sharks from the Pungo River and Yorktown Formations (Miocene-Pliocene) of the submerged continental shelf, Onslow Bay, North Carolina, USA. Copeia 106:353-374 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
76566 W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe. 2019. Lanternfish otoliths (Teleostei, Myctophidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Japan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125(2):355-400 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]