Underwood, Charlie J. and Gunter, G.C. (2012) The shark Carcharhinus sp. from the Middle Eocene of Jamaica and the Eocene record of Carcharhinus. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 44 , pp. 25-30. ISSN 0799-0901.
Abstract
An upper tooth of a previously unrecorded species of the shark Carcharhinus was recovered from the Middle Eocene of Jamaica. This represents one of the oldest examples of the genus, which today is one of the dominant groups of predators within a variety of tropical environments. This is also the oldest record of a carcharhinid shark from marginal marine facies and confirms that the early radiation of Carcharhinus occurred within Tethyan regions.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Eocene, shark, Carcharhinus, Jamaica, Guys Hill formation |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2016 15:23 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:24 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/15386 |
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