Moulin de Débat (superior) (Miocene of France)

Where: Gironde, France (44.6° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 2.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal marl

• shell marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-M. Canevet. 2011. The Chondrichthyans of the Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Salles (Gironde, France). Cossmanniana 13:59-79 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161525: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 07.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Jaekelotodontidae
Anotodus retroflexus
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Pachyscyllium sp.
Pachyscyllium sp. Reinecke et al. 2005 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus, Isogomphodon acuarius, Rhizoprionodon taxandriae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Isogomphodon acuarius daggernose shark
Rhizoprionodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Chaenogaleus affinis, Hemipristis serra
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp.
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Araloselachus cuspidatus
Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon escheri, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Isurus oxyrinchus
Carcharodon escheri Agassiz 1843 white shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata