Râtul Pleşilor, Borzeşti Village (Miocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.5° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 23.2° E)

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Trif, R. Ciobanu, and V. Codrea. 2016. The first record of the giant shark Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1835) from Romania. Brukenthal. Acta Musei 11(3):507-526 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 201827: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon