Palmetto Mine (Agrico): Early/Lower Miocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon subauriculatus (Agassiz 1839)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Polk
Coordinates: 27.8° North, 82.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° North, 78.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arcadia
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Metadata
Also known as:PO116
Database number:161380
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-04 15:47:05 Last modified:2014-09-04 15:47:05
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-04 15:47:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52569. C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]