Felsöesztergály (Miocene of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (49.7° N, 21.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 20.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Age based on reference: 52086 (Mandica and Steininger 2003)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Koch. 1904. Fossile haifischzahne und saugetierreste von felsoestergaly, im Komitate Nograd. Foldtani Kozlony 34(5-7):260-273 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48642: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Halitherium aff. schinzi" = Halitherium schinzii
"Halitherium aff. schinzi" = Halitherium schinzii Kaup 1838 dugong
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
Aceratherium?
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale
[entered as Squalodon ehrlichi]
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx aff. feignouxi ruminant
Palaeomeryx sp. aff. Dremotherium feignouxi
Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina leptodon Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cf. latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Oxyrhina xiphodon" = Cosmopolitodus xiphodon, Carcharodon cf. turgidus, Carcharodon humilis n. sp., "Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias, "Carcharodon productus" = Carcharodon carcharias, Lamna contoridens, Lamna tarnocziensis
"Oxyrhina xiphodon" = Cosmopolitodus xiphodon Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Carcharodon cf. turgidus Agassiz 1839 white shark
Carcharodon humilis n. sp. Koch 1904 white shark
"Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Carcharodon productus" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Lamna contoridens mackerel shark
Lamna tarnocziensis mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Lamna dubia" = Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia, "Lamna cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Lamna dubia" = Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
"Lamna cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
"Oxyrhina exigua" = Alopias exigua
"Oxyrhina exigua" = Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon, "Lamna macrota" = Otodus macrotus, Otodus cf. apiculatus
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
"Lamna macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
sp. var. hungarica
Otodus cf. apiculatus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae