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 | |
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Orycterocetus crocodilinus Cope 1867 sperm whale | |
Actinopteri | |
"Sphyraena olisiponensis" = Sphyraena substriata
"Sphyraena olisiponensis" = Sphyraena substriata Münster 1846 barracuda | |
Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843 perch-like fish | |
Diplodus jomnitanus Valencienes 1844 | |
"Tetrodon lecointrae" = Tetraodon
"Tetrodon lecointrae" = Tetraodon | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Negaprion kraussi lemon shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
Isurus desori, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Pristis aquitanicus Delfortrie 1871 sawfish | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Trigonodon jugleri | |
Trigonodon jugleri Münster 1846 |