Ponta Negra (Pliocene of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (37.0° N, 25.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 25.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• strongly cemented volcaniclastic calcarenite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. P. Ávila, C. Melo, B. Berning, R. Cordeiro, B. Landau and C. M. Silva. 2016. Persististrombus coronatus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in the lower Pliocene of Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): Paleoecology, paleoclimatology and paleobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441:912-923 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176774: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.03.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch