06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene
06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene 06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene 06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene 06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene 06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene 06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene 06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene 06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene

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06449 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene

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Species
Striatolamia macrota, Agassiz (1843) - Sand tiger shark
Age
Paleocene, Thanetian stage, (~56 Million Years)
Location
Oued Zem, Morocco
Formation
Ouled Abdoun Basin (Phosphate beds)
Size
33.3 mm   •    in
Weight
4 g   •    oz
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Description

Striatolamia macrota, Agassiz 1843 (sand tiger shark)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Alternative combination: Carcharias macrota

Belongs to Striatolamia according to G. Cuny and S. Risnes 2005

See also Long 1992, Long and Stilwell 2000 and Squires 2001

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Environments: marine, offshore, estuary/bay, marginal marine , terrestrial , reef, buildup or bioherm , shallow subtidal , deep subtidal shelf.

Age range: 55.8 to 10.3 Ma

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (Florida)

• Eocene of Antarctica, Canada (Northwest Territories), Chile, Germany , Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, United States (Alabama, California, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan.

• Paleocene of United States (Mississippi)

Striatolamia macrota: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)

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