Aro (Neogene of Nigeria)

Where: Nigeria (6.5° N, 3.4° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° N, 2.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• indefinite period according with label

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Phosphates

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 163212: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 16.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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