Quinta do Alfundao, Tortonian: Tortonian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis atlanticus n. sp. Zbyszewski 1947
1 specimen
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 9.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.9° North, 9.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Helvetian, section Vc
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:91413
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-21 11:56:37 Last modified:2009-09-21 14:56:37
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-21 11:56:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30781. G. Zbyszewski. 1947. Decouverte d'un rostre de grand Pristis dans l'Helvetien de Lisbonne. Boletim da Sociedade Geologica de Portugal 6(3):237-242 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]