Also known as LACM 3209
Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 113.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Monterey Formation, Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)
• age based on museum label
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 160726: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 27.08.2014, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
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