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  • Prionace cf. glauca


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    Taxonomy

    Blue Shark

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Chondrichthyes
    Order: Carcharhiniformes
    Family: Carcharhinidae
    Genus: Prionace
    Species: Prionace cf. glauca
    Author Citation Linné, 1758

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pliocene
    International Age: Zanclean - Piacenzian

    Stratigraphy

    "Formazione delle Argille Azzurre" Formation
    Marne, argille e tripoli di Corpolò (TCO) Member

    Provenance

    Collector: T. Bastelberger
    Date Collected: 07/01/2009
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    Fiume Marrechia
    Poggio Berni near Rimini
    Emilia-Romagna
    Italy

    Comments

    References:

    Sorbini, L. (1987): Biogeography and Climatology of Pliocene Messinian Fossil Fish of Eastern-Central Italy. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 1987, Vol. 14, pp. 1-85.

    Sorbini, L. & Bannikov, A. F. (1988): On the Pliocene fish locality at Fiume Marecchia, Italy. Paleontological Journal, 1988, 1, pp. 121-123




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    sixgill pete

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    Fantastic. What a great example of a very rarely found species.

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