The Leitha Limestone is a

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Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. It preserves

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dated to the Middle to Late Miocene

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Various fossils have been found in the formation: * '' Aetobatis irregularis'' * '' Araloselachus cuspidata'' * '' Carcharias (Hypoprion) sp.'' * '' Carcharias (Aprionodon) cf. collata'' * ''

Carcharodon hastalis ''Cosmopolitodus'' is an extinct genus of mackerel shark that lived between thirty to one million years ago during the late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene epochs. Its type species is ''Cosmopolitodus hastalis'', the broad-tooth mako (other ...

'' * '' Cetotherium priscum'' * '' Coris sigismundi'' * '' Eugaleus latus'' * ''

Galeocerdo aduncus ''Galeocerdo'' is a genus of requiem sharks that have lived since the Paleocene epoch. While these sharks were formerly diverse, only ''G. cuvier'' (the modern tiger shark) survives today. Species Species in the genus ''Galeocerdo'' include: ...

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Galeus aduncus ''Galeus'' is a genus of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as sawtail catsharks in reference to a distinctive saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles, found along the upper edges of their caudal fins. They a ...

'' * '' Galeus cf. canis'' * '' Halitherium schinzii'' * '' Heterodelphis leiodontus'' * ''

Hemipristis serra ''Hemipristis serra'' is an extinct species of weasel shark which existed during the Miocene epoch. It was described by Louis Agassiz in 1843. While today's snaggletooth shark is not very large or dangerous, ''Hemipristis serra'', which lived ...

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Isurus desorii ''Isurus'' is a genus of mackerel sharks in the family Lamnidae, commonly known as the mako sharks. Description The two living species are the common shortfin mako shark (''I. oxyrinchus'') and the rare longfin mako shark (''I. paucus''). They ...

'' * '' Kentriodon fuchsii'' *

Megalodon Megalodon (''Otodus megalodon''), meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene epochs. It was formerly thought to be a member ...

* '' Metaxytherium medium'' * '' Myliobatis cf. meridionalis'' * '' Notidanus primigenius'' * '' Odontaspis acutissima'' * '' Odontaspis macrota'' * '' Oxyrhina xyphodon'' * '' Pachyacanthus suessii'' * '' Prionodon sp.'' * '' Raja sp.'' * '' Sparus sp.'' * '' Symphodus westneati'' * '' Wainwrightilabrus agassizi''

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{{reflist Geologic formations of Hungary Miocene Series of Europe Miocene Austria Neogene Czech Republic Neogene Poland Langhian Serravallian Limestone formations Reef deposits Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Europe Paleontology in Austria Paleontology in Hungary Paleontology in Poland

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