PBDB Collection

Santa Margarida do Sado: MN 13, Portugal

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia

	Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811	Estevens 2000
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762	Estevens 2000
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

	Prolagus michauxi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

	Paraethomys cf. meini

	Paraethomys aff. jaegeri

	Castillomys gracilis (van de Weerd 1976)
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae

	Torpedo sp. Houttuyn 1764	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

	Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae

	Paragaleus antunesi	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

	Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929	Antunes et al. 1999

	Carcharhinus perezi (Poey 1876)	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

	Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

	Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (Antunes and Jonet 1969)	Antunes et al. 1999

	Premontreia dachiardi	Antunes et al. 1999

	Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta 1970	Antunes et al. 1999
	synonym of Scyliorhinus fossilis
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

	Galeorhinus goncalvesi Antunes et al. 1999	Antunes et al. 1999

	Triakis costamagnai	Antunes et al. 1999

	Mustelus sp.	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

	Carcharias acutissima (Agassiz 1843)	Antunes et al. 1999
	recombined as Carcharias acutissimus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

	Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)	Antunes et al. 1999
	recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

	Isurus desori Sismonda 1849	Antunes and Balbino 2003

	Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)	Antunes et al. 1999
	recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

	Carcharias cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)	Antunes and Balbino 2003
	recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae

	Pseudocarcharias cf. kamoharai Matsubara 1936	Antunes and Balbino 2003
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

	Alopias cf. superciliosus (Lowe 1840)	Antunes and Balbino 2003
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

	Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

	Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae

	Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae

	Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823	Antunes et al. 1999
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

	Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888	Antunes et al. 1999

	Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810	Antunes et al. 1999

	Dasyatis gigas Gunther 1870	Balbino and Antunes 2006

	Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus 1758)	Balbino and Antunes 2006

	Dasyatis margaritella Compagno and Roberts 1984	Balbino and Antunes 2006

	Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill 1814)	Balbino and Antunes 2006
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

	Pteromylaeus sp. Garman 1913	Antunes et al. 1999

	Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829	Antunes et al. 1999

	Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816	Antunes et al. 1999
see common names

Geography

Country:	Portugal
Coordinates:	38.1° North, 8.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	38.2° North, 8.9° West
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map

Time

Period:	Neogene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	MN 13
Age range of interval:	7.24600 - 4.90000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:	8.58 to 4.37 Ma (other)

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Esbarrondadoiro
Stratigraphy comments: Age after Boessenecker et al. 2019. MN13, N17

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Database number:	65954
Authorizer:	M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo	Enterer:	M. Uhen, C. Pimiento
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2006-09-26 09:53:18	Last modified:	2019-04-04 09:01:33
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-09-26 09:53:18
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

30020.

M. T. Antunes, P. Mein, and J. Pais. 1986. Depósito messianos do sul de Portugal, mamíferos (incluindo Rodentia e Lagomorpha) e idades K-Ar*. Ciéncias da Terra, Lisboa 8:55-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

52967		M. T. Antunes, A. C. Balbino, and H. Cappetta. 1999. Sélaciens du Miocène terminal du bassin d'Alvalade (Portugal) Essai de synthèse. Ciências da Terra (UNL) (13)115-129 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]
18908		M. T. Antunes and A. C. Balbino. 2003. Uppermost Miocene Lamniform Selachians (Pisces) from the Alvalade basin (Portugal). Ciencias da Terra 15:141-154 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
30787		A. C. Balbino and M. T. Antunes. 2006. Latest Miocene Dasyatidae (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) from the Alvalade Basin, Portugal. Geobios 39:747-755 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13595		R. W. Boessenecker, D. J. Eheret, D. J. Long, M. Churchill, E. Martin and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. PeerJ 7:e6088 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
18869		M. Estevens. 2000. Miocene marine mammals from Portugal: Paleogeographical and Paleoecological significance. Ciências da Terra (UNL), Lisboa 14:323-344 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]