Plesching bei Linz (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Plesching bei Linz, Austria (48.3° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 12.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Rzehakia Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Ottnangian

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Brzobohaty and O. Schultz. 1973. Die Fischfauna der Innviertler Schichtengruppe und der Rzehakia Formation. M2 Ottnangien. lnnviertler, Salgotarjäner, Bäntapusztaer Schichtengruppe und die Rzehakia Formation 652-693 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 159375: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 01.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retrojlexus mackerel shark
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Lamna cattica" = Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Lamna rupeliensis Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark
Alopias latidens Leriche 1909 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni, "Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon, "Carcharodon chubutensis" = Otodus chubutensis
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
"Carcharodon chubutensis" = Otodus chubutensis Ameghino 1901 mackerel shark
seems to be C. megalodon rather than C. chubutensis due to small size and co-occurrence with large, cusp let-lacking C. megalodon
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark