Where: Western Australia, Australia (27.6° S, 114.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° S, 89.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• Surface collected from the uppermost meter of the "Alinga Formation" (Gearle Siltstone) and/or the basal part of the "Beedagong Claystone" (Haycock Marl).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, bioturbated, glauconitic, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the WAM
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: M. Siverson. 1996. Lamniform sharks of the mid Cretaceous Alinga Formation and Beedagong Claystone, Western Australia. Palaeontology 39:813-849 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215794: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Squalicorax ex gr. curvatus Williston 1900 crow shark | |
Leptostyrax sp. Williston 1900 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias "sp. A" Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Carcharias "sp. B" Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Johnlongia allocotodon Siverson 1996 sand tiger shark | |
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
"Cretolamna gunsoni" = Kenolamna gunsoni Siverson 1996 mackerel shark | |
Archaeolamna haigi n. sp. Siverson 1996 mackerel shark
Archaeolamna aff. kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark | |
"Anomotodon" sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark | |
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Paranomotodon sp. Herman 1975 thresher shark |