Largileyre (Miocene of France)

Where: Gironde, France (44.6° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.7° 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 161533: 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
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma sp.
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra, Chaenogaleus affinis
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Isogomphodon acuarius, Rhizoprionodon taxandriae
Isogomphodon acuarius daggernose shark
Rhizoprionodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna arambourgi
Sphyrna arambourgi hammerhead shark