Loupian (Miocene of France)

Where: Loupian, France (43.5° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 5.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

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 161623: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 08.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

• Authors cite the work of H. CAPPETTA, 1970
Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Jaekelotodontidae
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
"Paragaleus pulchellus" = Galeorhinus pulchellus
"Paragaleus pulchellus" = Galeorhinus pulchellus Jonet 1966 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Pachyscyllium sp. Reinecke et al. 2005 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Isogomphodon acuarius daggernose shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna arambourgi hammerhead shark
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon