Antwerpen (Miocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (51.2° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Antwerpen Sands Member, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences IRSNB 3121

Primary reference: M. D. Gottfried, L. J. V. Compagno, and S. Curtis Bowman. 1996. Size and skeletal anatomy of the giant "megatooth" shark Carcharodon megalodon. In A. P. Klimley, D. G. Ainley (eds.), Great White Sharks: The Biology of Carcharodon carcharis 55-66 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163129: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 14.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
vertebral centrum, teeth noted in Pimiento 2014