Well 1-SPS-5A Eocene (Eocene of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (25.8° S, 45.1° W: paleocoordinates 28.5° S, 34.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. G. Miller, M. Richter, and D. A. Do Carmo. 2002. Fish and ostracod remains from the Santos Basin (Cretaceous to Recent), Brazil. Geological Journal 37:297-316 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210208: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 26.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus cf. garmani Gilbert 1906 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. splendidus Prochazka 1893 horned lanternfish
Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamnidae indet. Müller and Henle 1838 mackerel shark