Farol das Lagostas (Pliocene of Angola)

Where: Angola (8.8° S, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 12.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Luanda Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Age stated in the text (Antunes, 1975)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Main collection kept at the museum of Servicos de Geologia e Minas, Luanda

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 154111: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.01.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera brasiliensis
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp., Pteromylaeus bovina
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp.
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon, "Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Very common in the collection. See Pimiento and Balk
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Mitsukurina sp.
Mitsukurina sp. Jordan 1898 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias, "Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Paragaleus sp., Hemipristis serra
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvier
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus priscus, Negaprion brevirostris
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus sp.
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon
"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon Linnaeus 1758
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium sp.
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
 Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda Edwards 1771 barracuda
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Tachysurus sp.
Tachysurus sp. Lacepede 1804 Ariid catfish