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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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 - 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 - Carchariidae
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias, "Carcharodon productus" = Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon humilis n. sp., Carcharodon cf. turgidus, Lamna contoridens, Lamna tarnocziensis, "Oxyrhina xiphodon" = Cosmopolitodus xiphodon
"Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Carcharodon productus" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Carcharodon humilis n. sp. Koch 1904 white shark
Carcharodon cf. turgidus Agassiz 1839 white shark
Lamna contoridens mackerel shark
Lamna tarnocziensis mackerel shark
"Oxyrhina xiphodon" = Cosmopolitodus xiphodon Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
"Oxyrhina exigua" = Alopias exigua
"Oxyrhina exigua" = Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Lamna macrota" = Otodus macrotus, "Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon, Otodus cf. apiculatus
"Lamna macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
sp. var. hungarica
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Otodus cf. apiculatus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 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
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Halitherium aff. schinzi" = Halitherium schinzii
"Halitherium aff. schinzi" = Halitherium schinzii Kaup 1838 dugong