Ras ii-Karraba: Serravallian - Tortonian, Malta

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja gentili Joleaud 1912
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Physogaleus aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus goncalvesi Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion eurybathrodon (Blake 1862)
Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron 1841)
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Chaenogaleus affinis (Probst 1878)
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus retrojlexus
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque 1810)
original and current combination Carcharias taurus
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus griseus
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
see common names

Geography
Country:Malta State/province:Ras ii-Karraba
Coordinates: 35.9° North, 14.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.6° North, 13.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Serravallian - Tortonian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Blue Clay
Local section:Glauconite
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:field collection
Rock censused:3 kg
Metadata
Database number:161384
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-04 21:33:13 Last modified:2014-09-04 21:33:13
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-04 21:33:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52582. D. J. Ward and C. G. Bonavia. 2001. Additions to, and review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(3):131-146 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]