Farol das Lagostas: Pliocene, Angola
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Pteromylaeus bovina
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Rhinoptera brasiliensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion brevirostris
Poey 1868
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Carcharhinus priscus
Agassiz 1843
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Carcharhinus egertoni
Agassiz 1843
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Paragaleus sp.
Budker 1935
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna zygaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cuvier
Peron and LeSueur 1822
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis taurus
(Rafinesque 1810)
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original and current combination Carcharias taurus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus oxyrhinchus
(Rafinesque 1810)
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original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus | ||||||||||
Carcharodon carcharias
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Mitsukurina sp.
Jordan 1898
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Isurus benedeni
Le Hon 1871
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recombined as Parotodus benedeni | ||||||||||
Procarcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Very common in the collection. See Pimiento and Balk | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Tetraodontidae
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Tetrodon sp.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Tetraodon | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Sparidae
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Sparus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Cybium sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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Tachysurus sp.
Lacepede 1804
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena barracuda
(Edwards 1771)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Angola |
Coordinates: | 8.8° South, 13.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 8.9° South, 12.9° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Main collection kept at the museum of Servicos de Geologia e Minas, Luanda |
Metadata
Database number: | 154111 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | C. Pimiento | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-01-27 16:42:41 | Last modified: | 2014-05-01 09:30:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-01-27 16:42:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
49963. | M. T. Antunes. 1977. Late Neogene fish faunas from Angola, their age and significance. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 20:224-229 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
49081 | C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] |