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 | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon vertebral centrum, teeth noted in Pimiento 2014
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