Penedo (Miocene of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.1° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 9.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56459: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.11.2005, edited by Catalina Pimiento

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet.1 Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
Myliobatis bovina1 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp.1 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis acutus1 eagle ray
Myliobatis oweni1 eagle ray
Myliobatis crassus1 Gervais 1852 eagle ray
Myliobatis faujasi1 Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Rhinoptera studeri1 Agassiz 1843 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
"Aetobatis arcuatus" = Aetobatus irregularis1
"Aetobatis arcuatus" = Aetobatus irregularis1 Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Isuridae indet.1 Gray 1851 mackerel shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata1 angel shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus grlseus1 sixgill shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.1 Linck 1790 sawfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinidae indet.1 Jordan and Evermann 1896 requiem shark
"Physodon sp." = Physodon1 Müller and Henle 1839 requiem shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon1 Blake 1862 lemon shark
Aprionodon lerichei1 Dartevelle and Casier 1943 requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus1 Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Carcharhinus egertoni1 Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra1 Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
Sphyrna zygaena1 Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo adunmts1, "Hypoprion acanthodon" = Galeocerdo acanthodon1
Galeocerdo adunmts1 tiger shark
"Hypoprion acanthodon" = Galeocerdo acanthodon1 Le Hon 1871 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus1
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus1 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrinchus1, Isurus desori1, "Procarcharodon megaladon" = Carcharodon1, "Procarcharodon rondeletti" = Carcharodon1, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis1
Isurus oxyrinchus1 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus desori1 Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Procarcharodon megaladon" = Carcharodon1 white shark
"Procarcharodon rondeletti" = Carcharodon1 white shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis1 Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni1
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni1 Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
"Diodon stenodus" = Ziphius1, "Diodon sp." = Ziphius1
"Diodon stenodus" = Ziphius1 beaked whale
"Diodon sp." = Ziphius1 Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet.2 Slijper 1936 toothed whale
Actinopteri
 Labriformes - Scaridae
 Labriformes - Labridae
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
"Tetrodon lecointrei" = Tetraodon1
"Tetrodon lecointrei" = Tetraodon1
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet.1 Cuvier 1817
Diplodus jomnitanus1 Valencienes 1844
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus auratus1 perch-like fish
Sparus cinctus1 Agassiz 1843 perch-like fish
Sparus neogenus1 Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Pagrus sp.1 Lacépède 1802 perch-like fish
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
 Life - Trigonodontidae
Trigonodon elongatus1, "Trigonodon oweni" = Trigonodon jugleri1
"Trigonodon oweni" = Trigonodon jugleri1 Münster 1846