Porto Santo Island (Pleistocene of Portugal)

Where: Madeira Island Group, Portugal (33.1° N, 16.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 16.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Mourer-Chauvire. 1999. Influence de l'homme prehistorique sur la repartition de certains oiseaux marins: L'exemple du grand pingouin Pinguinus impennis. 67(4):273-279 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 122815: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus 1758 Great auk