Onslow Bay A (Yorktown material): Pliocene, North Atlantic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
? Chilomycterus sp. Brisout de Barneville 1846
Maisch IV et al. 2026
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdonidae
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias cf. taurus Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Parotodus benedinii (Le Hon 1871)
see common names

Geography
Country:North Atlantic
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 77.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° North, 76.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphy comments: Site contains a mix of material from the Pungo River and Yorktown Formations (even with some Pleistocene vertebrates); list is based on taxa Maisch et al. attribute to the Yorktown Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:278446
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen Enterer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2026-03-23 14:34:29 Last modified:2026-03-23 14:34:29
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

94506 H. M. Maisch IV, R. E. Narducci, E. Proulx, M. A. Becker, and K. Shimada. 2026. Gigantic burrfish (Tetraodontiformes: Diodontidae) tooth plate batteries from the Pliocene Yorktown Formation on the submerged continental shelf, North Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2612762 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]