Where: Lisbon, Portugal (38.7° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 10.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Upper Burdigalian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified, concretionary, ferruginous, white, yellow sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36628: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 08.02.2004, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz 1843 cownose ray | |
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Pristis aff. aquitanicus Delfortrie 1871 sawfish | |
"Odontaspis aff. cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis aff. cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Mammalia | |
Diceratherium cf. douvillei rhinoceros
Brachypotherium aurelianense Nouel 1866 rhinoceros | |
Brachyodus onoideus anthracothere | |
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer | |
"Trilophodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens
"Trilophodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens Cuvier 1806 gomphothere | |
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Reptilia | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Crocodylia indet., "Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Actinopteri | |
Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 |