06450 - Great Collection of 5 Striatolamia macrota Shark Teeth Paleocene

†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)