Grand Morier, assemblage no. 3 (Miocene to of France)

Where: France (47.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 7.2 Ma)

• late Burdigalian to Tortonian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Gagnaison. 2017. Le site paléontologique du Grand Morier (Pont-Boutard, Indre-et-Loire, France): contexte géologique et détail biostratigraphique des formations cénozoïques à partir des assemblages de vertébrés fossiles. Geodiversitas 39(2):251-271 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 187577: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Orycterocetus crocodilinus Cope 1867 sperm whale
Actinopteri
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
"Sphyraena olisiponensis" = Sphyraena substriata
"Sphyraena olisiponensis" = Sphyraena substriata Münster 1846 barracuda
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843 perch-like fish
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Diplodus jomnitanus Valencienes 1844
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
"Tetrodon lecointrae" = Tetraodon
"Tetrodon lecointrae" = Tetraodon
 Labriformes - Labridae
Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion kraussi lemon shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Carcharias (Odontaspis) acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark
or Carcharias (Odontaspis) cuspidata
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis aquitanicus Delfortrie 1871 sawfish
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray
Trigonodon jugleri
  - Trigonodontidae
Trigonodon jugleri Münster 1846