Antwerpen: Miocene, Belgium
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Ehret 2010 | |||||||||
| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
| vertebral centrum, teeth noted in Pimiento 2014 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 4.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.4° North, 3.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Antwerpen Sands |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences IRSNB 3121 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163129 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | C. Pimiento | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-10-14 08:40:58 | Last modified: | 2015-04-15 11:31:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-10-14 08:40:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38469. | M. D. Gottfried, L. J. V. Compagno, and S. Curtis Bowman. 1996. Size and skeletal anatomy of the giant "megatooth" shark Carcharodon megalodon. In A. P. Klimley, D. G. Ainley (eds.), Great White Sharks: The Biology of Carcharodon carcharis 55-66 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 53101 | D. J. Ehret. 2010. Paleobiology and taxonomy of extinct Lamnid and Otodontid Sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Lamniformes). 165 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento] | |
| 52569 | C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] |