Madagascar Basin: Neogene, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis ferox
Risso 1826
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus oxyrinchus
Rafinesque 1810
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Isurus paucus
Guitart-Manday 1966
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Mitsukurina owstoni
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias superciliosus
(Lowe 1840)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Parotodus benedeni
(Le Hon 1871)
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Specimen exhibited in the Geology collection of the Museum of Natural History of Paris | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Mesoplodon sp.
Gervais 1850
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kogiidae
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Kogia sp.
Gray 1846
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Grampus griseus
(Cuvier 1812)
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Stenella sp.
(Gray 1866)
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Delphinus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Madagascar |
Coordinates: | 24.4° South, 58.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 25.2° South, 57.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Neogene |
Key time interval: | Neogene |
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: possibly Calabrian. Pleistocene age needs to be tested |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Lithology description: specimens are found in the center of manganese nodules | |
Environment: | basinal (siliceous) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 55451 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-10-25 12:49:12 | Last modified: | 2016-06-02 10:40:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-25 12:49:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14950. | C. Roux and P. Geistodoerfer. 1988. Dents de requins et bulles tympaniques de cetaces: Noyaux de nodules polymetalliques recoltes dans L'Ocean Indien. Cybium 12(2):129-137 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |