Vale de Zebro (Miocene of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.3° N, 8.1° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 8.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 13 mammal zone, Esbarrondadoiro Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. T. Antunes, P. Mein, and J. Pais. 1986. Depósito messianos do sul de Portugal, mamíferos (incluindo Rodentia e Lagomorpha) e idades K-Ar*. Ciéncias da Terra, Lisboa 8:55-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91423: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.09.2009, edited by Catalina Pimiento

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Pteromylaeus sp.1 Garman 1913 bull ray
Myliobatis sp.1 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp.1 Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp.1 Blainville 1816 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Taeniura grabata1 Saint-Hilaire 1817 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis gigas2 Gunther 1870 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis centroura2 Mitchill 1814 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis cf. margaritella2 Compagno and Roberts 1984 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis pastinaca2 Linnaeus 1758 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura sp.1 Van Hasselt 1823 stingray
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata1 angel shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius1
"Notorynchus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius1 Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp.1 White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus pristinus1 Probst 1877 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp.1 Link 1790 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus goncalvesi1 Antunes et al. 1999 school shark
Mustelus sp.1 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp.1 de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus1 Nardo 1827 requiem shark
Carcharhinus leucas1 Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Carcharhinus perezi1 Poey 1876 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Paragaleus antunesi1 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus1
"Carcharias cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus1 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai1 Matsubara 1936 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima1 Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori1 Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon1
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon1 Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Stephanomys ramblensis van de Weerd 1976 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Trischizolagus sp. Radulesco and Samson 1967 rabbit
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian