Geoloski anali Balkanskoga poluostrva 2019 Volume 80, Issue 1, Pages: 29-43
https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP1901029J
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Middle Miocene shark teeth from the southern margin of the Pannonian basin system (Serbia, Central Paratethys)
Jovanović Gordana (Natural History Museum, Belgrade, Serbia)
Trif Nicolae (Brukenthal National Museum, Natural History Museum, Sibiu, Romania)
Codrea Vlad (Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology-Geology, Department of Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Đurić Dragana (Natural History Museum, Belgrade, Serbia)
This paper describes Middle Miocene (Badenian) shark teeth from Serbia and
discusses their geographical distribution at other localities of the Central
Paratethys. The shark teeth originate from Višnjica (near Belgrade), from
Višnjica Clay, or the ‘Pleurotoma Clay’. The variety of sharks is very low,
but according to these fossils Višnjica is the richest among serbian
localities. The sharks teeth reported in the paper belong to the following
taxa: Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon (AgAssiz, 1835), Hemipristis serra
AgAssiz, 1835 and Odontaspididae indet. The high diversity of invertebrates
(molluscs, echinoids, corals etc.) and other coeval fossil assemblages
indicate a warm period (the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum), which preceded
the Middle Miocene Climatic Transition.
Keywords: Middle Miocene, Badenian, sharks, Paratethys Sea, Serbia