Farol das Lagostas: Pliocene, Angola

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards 1771)
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Tachysurus sp. Lacepede 1804
Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrhinchus (Rafinesque 1810)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Very common in the collection. See Pimiento and Balk
Isurus benedeni Le Hon 1871
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Mitsukurina sp. Jordan 1898
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque 1810)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935
see common names

Geography
Country:Angola
Coordinates: 8.8° South, 13.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.7° South, 13.2° East (Wright 2013)
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: 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Luanda
Regional section:Cuanza
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Age stated in the text (Antunes, 1975)
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:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-01-27 16:42:41
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]