Level C7, Quarry Quinta das Pedreiras: Burdigalian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceratherium cf. douvillei
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Brachypotherium aurelianense
Nouel 1866
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon angustidens
(Cuvier 1806)
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| recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Lisbon | County: | Lisbon city |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 9.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 10.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 15 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",white,yellow unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: white sands, ondulated, becoming yellowish towards the top where they are cross stratified. Total thickness is 9m. | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Feeding/predation traces: | drill holes |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36621 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara | Enterer: | E. Fara |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2004-02-08 02:28:47 | Last modified: | 2018-11-16 17:12:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-08 02:28:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9820. | 5% 45680 | G. Zbyszewski. 1949. Les vertebres du Burdigalien superieur de Lisbonne. Services Geologiques du Portugal, Direction Generale des Mines et Services Geologiques (Lisbonne) 1-77 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen] |