Bonne Aventure (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.3° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 58.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Nariva Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221506: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon