Where: Winterswijik, Netherlands (52.0° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 3.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ratum Member, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, gray, argillaceous sandstone
Primary reference: M. van den Bosch, M. C. Cadee, and A. W. Janssen. 1975. Lithostratigraphical and biostratigraphical subdivision of Tertiary deposits (Oligocene-Pliocene) in the Winterswijk-Almelo region (eastern part of the Netherlands). Scripta Geologica 29:1-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 87248: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Lamna rupeliensis Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
Isurus flandricus mackerel shark
"Isurus gracilis" = Isurus leptodon Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
Galeorhinus latus school shark |