Also known as AL027
Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 80.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Alachua Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 162452: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 25.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
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Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Rhizoprionodon terranovae, Carcharhinus sp., Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Negaprion sp., Negaprion brevirostris, Physogaleus contortus
Rhizoprionodon terranovae sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus brevipinna requiem shark
Carcharhinus limbatus requiem shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus Nardo 1827 requiem shark
Negaprion sp. Whitley 1940 lemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark | |
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |