Baía dos Barreiros, São Nicolau: Messinian, Cape Verde
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cape Verde |
| Coordinates: | 16.6° North, 24.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Messinian on the basis of calcareous nannofossils in Johnson et al. (2014) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: Interpreted as rocky shoreline rhodolith beds | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museu da Pesca at Tarrafal, São Nicolau, Cabo Verde | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 114695 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-21 06:03:09 | Last modified: | 2025-09-11 15:33:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-21 06:03:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 93028. | J. J. Cabral and C. J. Hazevoet. 2023. On teeth of Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from Cabo Verde, eastern Atlantic. Zoologia Caboverdiana 11:36-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |