Where: Alicante, Spain (38.1° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 1.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rojales Sandstone Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• early Pliocene; Bajo Segura Basin, top of Pliocene unit I of Montenat (1977); P1/P2 system in Caracuel et al. (2005)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Adnet, A. C. Balbino, M. T. Antunes and J. M. Marin-Ferrer. 2009. New fossil teeth of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from the Early Pliocene of Spain. Implication for its paleoecology in the Mediterranean. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 256(1):7-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 118104: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark |