Monte Focinho, Sao Nicolau (Miocene of Cape Verde)

Where: Cape Verde (16.6° N, 24.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.7° N, 24.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone

• 2 packages of crudely bedded, patchily cemented, coarse calcarenites, 3 and 5 m thick, intercalated within lavas

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Bernoulli, L. Hottinger, S. Spezzaferri and P. Stille. 2007. Miocene shallow-water limestones from Sao Nicolau (Cabo Verde): Caribbean-type benthic fauna and time constraints for volcanism. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 100:215-225 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92734: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides repandus
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulina sp.
Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Islandiellidae
Cassidulinoides sp.
Cassidulinoides sp. Cushman 1927
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina tuberculata, Amphistegina canaensis, Amphistegina cf. bowdenensis
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides sp., Globigerinoides extremus, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides obliquus, Globigerina bulloides, Dentoglobigerina altispira, Globoquadrina dehiscens, Sphaeroidinellopsis sp., Orbulina universa
Globigerinoides sp. Cushman 1927
Globigerinoides extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Dentoglobigerina altispira Cushman and Jarvis 1936
Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934
Sphaeroidinellopsis sp. Banner and Blow 1959
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii, Globorotalia plesiotumida
"Globorotalia menardii" = Globorotalia (Menardella) menardii Parker et al. 1865
Globorotalia plesiotumida Blow and Banner 1965