Ras ir-Reqqa (Miocene of Malta)

Where: Gozo, Malta (36.1° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: C 2 Phosphorite Member (Globigerina Limestone Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Ward and C. G. Bonavia. 2001. Additions to, and review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(3):131-146 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 161385: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 04.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna arambourgi hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retrojlexus mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Parotodus benedeni, "Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877 wedgefish