Mucin (Miocene of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.3° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 19.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Filakovo Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Lipovany Sandstones

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; poorly lithified, pebbly, gray sandstone and tuffaceous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: P. Holec, M. Hornacek, and M. Sykora. 1995. Lower Miocene shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and whale faunas (Mammalia, Cetaca) near Mucin, Southern Slovakia. Geologicke prace, Spravy 100:37-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47461: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray
[entered as Aetobatis arcuatus]
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Isistius triangulus Probst 1879 shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus similis requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Synodontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Synodontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Synodontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Synodontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Mitsukurina lineata Probst 1879 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni, "Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
subspecies chubutensis
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
? Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin