Quinta do Alfundao, Tortonian (Miocene of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 9.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Helvetian, section Vc

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91413: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis atlanticus n. sp. Zbyszewski 1947 sawfish
unclassified
  -
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Crustacea
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Crustacea indet. BrĂ¼nnich 1772