MARINE FOSSIL SHARK (CHONDRICHTHYES) FROM NONMARINE EOCENE SEDIMENTS,NORTHEASTERN KAZAKHSTAN

Authors
LUCAS SG EMRY RJ PURDY RW
Citation
Sg. Lucas et al., MARINE FOSSIL SHARK (CHONDRICHTHYES) FROM NONMARINE EOCENE SEDIMENTS,NORTHEASTERN KAZAKHSTAN, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(2), 1996, pp. 349-352
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
109
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
349 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1996)109:2<349:MFS(FN>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A single tooth of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias sp., was collected from the upper Eocene Kusto svita in the Zaysan basin of northeastern Kazakhstan. The Kusto svita is nonmarine lacustrine strata with an ext ensive nonmarine biota of plants (especially charophytes) and terrestr ial vertebrates (especially mammals). The shark tooth was apparently c arried to the site by a predator/scavenger from the then-nearest seawa y, more than 500 km to the northwest.