Quarry Quinta da Trindade: Burdigalian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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? Halitherium sp.
Kaup 1838
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= Sirenia indet.
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Prista et al. 2023 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Brachypotherium aurelianense
Nouel 1866
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Brachyodus onoideus
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon angustidens
(Cuvier 1806)
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recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Zygolophodon pyrenaicus
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Z. pyrenaicus aurelianense | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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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 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Regional section: | Unnamed | Regional bed: | Burdigalian IVb | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Burdigalian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
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: | 36633 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen | Enterer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-02-08 06:59:18 | Last modified: | 2023-10-13 13:53:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-08 06:59:18 |
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] |
Secondary references:
86069 | G. Prista, M. Cachão, and M. Estevens. 2023. Considerations on the Portuguese Sirenia (Mammalia) fossil record. Journal of Iberian Geology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |