Quarry Torre da Musgueira: Burdigalian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Dicrocerus elegans
Lartet 1837
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon aff. major
De Blainville 1841
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Serridentinus sp.
Osborn 1923
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| synonym of Gomphotherium | ||||||||||
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Trilophodon olisiponense n. sp.
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| synonym of Gomphotherium | ||||||||||
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Trilophodon angustidens
(Cuvier 1806)
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| recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Gavialosuchus americanus
(Sellards 1915)
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| synonym of Thecachampsa sericodon | ||||||||||
| G. americanus lusitanicus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Lisbon | County: | Lisbon city |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 9.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 10.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 15 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Unnamed | Regional bed: | Burdigalian IVb | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Burdigalian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Feeding/predation traces: | drill holes |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Quinta da Musgueira, Mirante de Musgueira | ||
| Database number: | 36632 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara | Enterer: | E. Fara |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-08 06:50:52 | Last modified: | 2018-11-16 17:00:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-08 06:50:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9820. | 5% 45680 | G. Zbyszewski. 1949. Les vertebres du Burdigalien superieur de Lisbonne. Services Geologiques du Portugal, Direction Generale des Mines et Services Geologiques (Lisbonne) 1-77 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen] |