Penedo: Late/Upper Miocene, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dentea sp.
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Jonet et al. 1975
Myliobatis bovina
Jonet et al. 1975
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Jonet et al. 1975
Myliobatis acutus
Jonet et al. 1975
Myliobatis oweni
Jonet et al. 1975
Myliobatis crassus Gervais 1852
Jonet et al. 1975
Myliobatis faujasi Agassiz 1843
Jonet et al. 1975
Rhinoptera studeri (Agassiz 1843)
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatis arcuatus Agassiz 1843
Jonet et al. 1975
synonym of Aetobatus irregularis
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Isuridae indet. Gray 1851
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus grlseus
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinidae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896
Jonet et al. 1975
Physodon sp. (Müller and Henle 1839)
Jonet et al. 1975
original and current combination Physodon
Negaprion eurybathrodon (Blake 1862)
Jonet et al. 1975
Aprionodon lerichei Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Jonet et al. 1975
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
Jonet et al. 1975
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Jonet et al. 1975
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758)
Jonet et al. 1975
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo adunmts
Jonet et al. 1975
Hypoprion acanthodon (Le Hon 1871)
Jonet et al. 1975
original and current combination Galeocerdo acanthodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque 1810)
Jonet et al. 1975
original and current combination Carcharias taurus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810
Jonet et al. 1975
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Jonet et al. 1975
Procarcharodon megaladon
Jonet et al. 1975
synonym of Carcharodon
Procarcharodon rondeletti
Jonet et al. 1975
synonym of Carcharodon
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
Jonet et al. 1975
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Isurus benedeni Le Hon 1871
Jonet et al. 1975
recombined as Parotodus benedeni
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Diodon stenodus
Jonet et al. 1975
synonym of Ziphius
Diodon sp. Lesson
Jonet et al. 1975
synonym of Ziphius
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Eurhinodelphis cf. cristatus (Du Bus 1872)
1 specimen
    = Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936
Lambert 2004
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Scaridae
Scarus miocenicus
Jonet et al. 1975
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet. (Cuvier 1816)
Jonet et al. 1975
Labrodon pavimentatum
Jonet et al. 1975
Labrodon afrioanus
Jonet et al. 1975
Labrodon multidens Münster 1846
Jonet et al. 1975
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetrodon lecointrei
Jonet et al. 1975
original and current combination Tetraodon
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
Jonet et al. 1975
Diplodus jomnitanus (Valencienes 1844)
Jonet et al. 1975
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus auratus
Jonet et al. 1975
Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843
Jonet et al. 1975
Sparus neogenus Arambourg 1927
Jonet et al. 1975
Pagrus sp. Lacépède 1802
Jonet et al. 1975
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena olisiponenesis
Jonet et al. 1975
Trigonodontidae
Trigonodon elongatus
Jonet et al. 1975
Trigonodon oweni Sismonda 1846
Jonet et al. 1975
synonym of Trigonodon jugleri
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 9.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 9.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56459
Authorizer:M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo Enterer:M. Uhen, C. Pimiento
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-18 12:15:03 Last modified:2011-02-28 10:13:46
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-18 12:15:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15200. C. Da Mata. 1962. Nota preliminar sobre um delfinideo (Eurhinodelphis cf. cristatus) do Miocenico do Penedo, a Norte do Cabo Espichel. Boletim do Mueu e Laboratorio Mineralogico e Geologico da Faculdade de Ciencias 9(2):157-165 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

52968 S. Jonet, Y. Kotchetoff, and B. Kotchetoff. 1975. Communicacoes dos Servicos Geológicos de Portugal. 59:193-228 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]
11900 O. Lambert. 2004. Systematic revision of the Miocene long-snouted dolphin Eurhinodelphis longirostris Du Bus, 1872. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 74:147-174 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson/N. Pyenson]