Cenozoic of Jamaica (Miocene of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.0° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 75.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Geology Museum, University of the West Indies (UWIGM)

Primary reference: S. K. Donovan and G. C. Gunter. 2001. Fossil sharks from Jamaica. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:211-215 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 162028: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 17.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Locality and horizon unknown