Pedre-que-Pica: Zanclean, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Eucidaris tribuloides
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Echinoidea
- Echinoneoida
- Echinoneidae
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Echinoneus cf. cyclostomus
Leske 1778
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Clypeaster altus
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Fibulariidae
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Echinocyamus pusillus
(Müller 1776)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
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Spatangoida indet.
Agassiz 1840
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Schizobrissus sp.
Pomel 1869
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Sparidae
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Sparus cinctus
Agassiz 1843
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus cf. leucas
(Valenciennes 1839)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Cosmopolitodus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Novocrania turbinata
(Poli 1795)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Umbonulidae
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? Umbonula sp.
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Hippopodinidae
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Saevitella sp.
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Biflustra sp.
d'Orbigny 1852
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Escharinidae
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Escharina sp.
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Bryopesanser sp.
Tilbrook 2006
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Candidae
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Caberea sp.
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Scrupocellaria sp.
van Beneden 1845
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cribrilinidae
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Puellina (Glabrilaria) sp.
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Puellina (Puellina) informal sp. 1
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Puellina (Puellina) informal sp. 2
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Figularia cf. figularis
(Johnston 1847)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Romancheinidae
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Escharella sp.
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Hippopleurifera sp.
Canu and Bassler 1927
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Escharoides sp.
Milne Edwards 1836
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Flustridae
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Hincksina sp.
Norman 1903
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Calloporidae
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? Crassimarginatella sp.
Canu 1900
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Antroporidae
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Antropora sp.
Norman 1903
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Chaperiidae
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Chaperiidae indet.
Jullien 1888
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Chaperiopsis sp.
Uttley 1949
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Onychocellidae
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Onychocella cf. angulosa
(Reuss 1848)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cryptosulidae
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Cryptosula sp.
Canu and Bassler 1925
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Therenia sp.
(David and Pouyet 1978)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Microporellidae
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Microporella informal sp. 1
Hincks 1877
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Microporella informal sp. 2
Hincks 1877
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Calloporina sp.
Neviani 1895
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cheiloporinidae
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? Hippaliosina sp.
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Cheiloporina sp.
Canu and Bassler 1923
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Myriozoidae
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"Myriozoum" cf. marionense
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Crepidacanthidae
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Crepidacantha sp.
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Bitectiporidae
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Schizomavella cf. triaviculata
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Metroperiella sp.
Canu and Bassler 1917
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Smittinidae
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Smittoidea sp.
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Chorizoporidae
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Chorizopora sp.
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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? Plesiocleidochasma sp.
Soule and Chaney 1991
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Schizotheca sp.
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Reteporella sp.
Busk 1884
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Celleporidae
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Celleporidae indet.
Busk 1852
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Buffonellaria sp.
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Cirsotrema cf. cochlea
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Cheilea equestris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Persististrombus sp.
Kronenberg and Lee 2007
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Persististrombus coronatus
(Defrance 1827)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Myoforceps aristatus
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus cf. concentricus
Bronn 1831
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Spondylus gaederopus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Gigantopecten latissimus
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Chlamys hartungi
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Aequipecten opercularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Manupecten pesfelis
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Talochlamys abscondita
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Pecten cf. laevicostatus
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Pecten dunkeri
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Hinnites ercolanianus
Cocconi 1873
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Argopecten cf. levicostatus
(Toula 1909)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea frondosa
(de Serres 1829)
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Ostrea cf. lamellosa
Brocchi 1814
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Lopha plicatuloides
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca noae
Linnaeus 1758
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Anadara sp.
Gray 1847
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Zullobalanus santamariaensis
Buckeridge and Winkelmann 2010
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? Megabalanus sp.
Hoek 1913
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Geography
| Country: | Portugal |
| Coordinates: | 36.9° North, 25.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.0° North, 25.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Although it cannot be shown beyond doubt at present, the sedimentary sequences at
Ponta do Castelo,Malbusca and Pedra-que-Pica are tentatively correlated with the Cré outcrops and assumed to represent more or less contemporaneous deposits. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified "carbonate" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: dense mollusc coquina close to the base of the sections. This coquina is dominated by oysters and pectinids, with subsidiary amounts of echinoids and coralline red algae. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,coquina |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Biology of the University of the Azores. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 152330 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic, M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-11-17 17:15:48 | Last modified: | 2013-11-18 00:51:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-11-17 17:15:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49021. | A. Kroh, M. A. Bitner, and S.P. Avila. 2008. Novocrania turbinata (Brachiopoda) from the Early Pliocene of the Azores (Portugal). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(4):473-478 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic] |
Secondary references:
| 58327 | 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] | |
| 55446 | S. P. Ávila, R. S. Ramalho, J. M. Habermann, R. Quartau, A. Kroh, B. Berning, M. Johnson, M. X. Kirby, V. Zanon, J. Titschack, A. Goss, A. C. Rebelo, C. Melo, P. Madeira, R. Cordeiro, R. Meireles, L. Bagaço, A. Hipólito, A. Uchman, C. M. Silva, M. Cachão and J. Madeira. 2015. Palaeoecology, taphonomy, and preservation of a lower Pliocene shell bed (coquina) froma volcanic oceanic island (Santa Maria Island, Azores). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 430:57-73 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila] |