Colline Pisane: Zanclean, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Toscana |
Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 10.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 10.4° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 5.33 to 4 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Age after Boessenecker et al., 2019.
Age based on Marsili (2006, page 235) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Lithology description: no information given | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Repositories in: Museo di Storia Naturale sezione Geologia e Paleontologia dell’Università di Firenze (MSNSGP) |
Metadata
Database number: | 152249 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
Created: | 2013-11-12 20:53:47 | Last modified: | 2019-02-19 13:17:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-11-12 20:53:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
48921. | S. Marsili. 2006. Analisi Sistematica, Paleoecologica e Paleogeografica della Selaciofauna Plio-Pleistocenica del Mediterraneo. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento] |
Secondary references:
13595 | R. W. Boessenecker, D. J. Eheret, D. J. Long, M. Churchill, E. Martin and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. PeerJ 7:e6088 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
38038 | S. Marsili. 2008. Systematic, paleoecologic and paleobiogeographic analysis of the Plio-Pleistocene Mediterranean elasmobranch fauna. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa, Memorie, Serie A: Processi Verbali 113:81-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/C. Pimiento] |