Albatross Station 3691: Neogene, French Polynesia
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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6 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | French Polynesia |
Coordinates: | 18.9° South, 146.5° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 23.1° South, 136.6° West |
Time
Period: | Neogene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 |
Key time interval: | Neogene |
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red unlithified claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: red clay; volcanic mud | |
Environment: | deep-water indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: dredged from a depth of 2440 fathoms |
Metadata
Database number: | 99617 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-11-17 01:26:47 | Last modified: | 2019-03-29 15:40:18 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-17 01:26:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27111. | C. R. Eastman. 1906. Sharks' teeth and cetacean bones. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50(4):75-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
12671 | C. R. Eastman. 1908. Sharks' teeth and cetacean bones. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 26(4):179-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |