Vale de Freixo site (Pliocene to of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.9° N, 8.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 9.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Carnide Sandston Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• late Zanclean - early Piacenzian

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; silty sandstone and conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. M. da Silva, B. Landau, R. Domènech and J. Martinell. 2010. Pliocene Atlantic molluscan assemblages from the Mondego Basin (Portugal): Age and palaeoceanographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 285:248-254 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171579: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia vetula Basterot 1825 venus clam
Callista italica venus clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Apiocypraea davidi Fontannes 1880 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda glandiformis Lamarck 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Favartia sp. Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Demoulia conglobata Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Cancilla alligata mitre shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio cancellina Lamarck 1803 snail